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ANCIENT JAPAN

(A.D. 600-1160)

THE KOJIKI

OR

RECORDS OF ANCIENT MATTERS

TRANSLATED BY PROF. B. H. CHAMBERLAIN

“Of all the mass of Japanese literature which lies before us as the result of twelve centuries of book-making, the most important monument is the ‘Kojiki.’ ”

— B. H. CHAMBERLAIN.