Nihon Shoki

, also known as the , is an early book about the history of Japan up to 720 A.D.  It is one of the national history books which are together called the Rikkokushi.

History
Nihon Shoki is the second oldest book of classical Japanese mythology and history.  It includes details that are not in the Kojiki, which is the oldest historical record of ancient Japan.

This book is important to people who study the history of Japan because it has information about the early rulers not found in other books.Aston, William George. (1896). Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD 697, pp. xiii-xvi.

Dates in the Nihon Shoki before the late 7th century were likely recorded using the Genka calendar system.

 Related pages 
 Nihon Odai Ichiran
 Shoku Nihongi

 References 

Further reading

 Sakamoto, Tarō. (1991). The Six National Histories of Japan (tr. John S. Brownlee). Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press.

Category:History of Japan
Category:Shinto Scripture
Category:8th-century books