Fudoki
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Fudoki (
Kofudoki
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In the narrower sense, Fudoki refer to the oldest records written in the Nara period, later called Kofudoki (
- Names of districts and townships
- Natural resources and living things
- Land fertility
- Etymology of names for geographic features, such as mountains, plains, and rivers
- Myths, legends, and folktales told orally by old people
Names
[edit]Empress Genmei ordered in 713 that place names in the provinces, districts, and townships be written in two kanji characters with positive connotations.[4][1] This occasionally required name changes. For example, Hayatsuhime (
Manuscripts
[edit]At least 48 of the Gokishichidō provinces contributed to their records but only that of Izumo remains nearly complete. Partial records of Hizen, Bungo, Harima and Hitachi remain and a few passages from various volumes remain scattered throughout various books.[1] Those of Harima and Hizen are designated National Treasures.
Below is a list of extant manuscripts and scattered passages.[5][6]
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Parks
[edit]In 1966 the Agency for Cultural Affairs called on the prefectural governments to build open-air museums and parks called Fudoki no Oka (
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Futagoyama kofun in Sakitama Fudoki no Oka
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Azuchi Castle ruin in Ōmi Fudoki no Oka
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Pit house at the Kiifudoki-no-oka Museum of History
Name | Prefecture | Province | Municipalities | Museum |
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Ukitamu Fudoki no Oka | Yamagata | Uzen | Takahata | Yamagata Prefectural Ukitama Fudoki no Oka Archaeological Museum |
Shimotsuke Fudoki no Oka | Tochigi | Shimotsuke | Shimotsuke | Tochigi Prefectural Shimotsuke Fudoki no Oka Museum |
Nasu Fudoki no Oka | Tochigi | Shimotsuke | Nakagawa and Ōtawara | Nakagawa Municipal Nasu Fudoki no Oka Museum |
Sakitama Fudoki no Oka | Saitama | Musashi | Gyōda | Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds |
Chiba Prefectural Boso-no-Mura | Chiba | Shimōsa | Sakae and Narita | Boso-no-Mura Museum |
Tateyama Fudoki no Oka | Toyama | Etchū | Tateyama | Toyama Prefectural Tateyama Museum |
Kai Fudoki no Oka | Yamanashi | Kai | Kōfu | Yamanashi Prefectural Archaeological Museum |
Ōmi Fudoki no Oka | Shiga | Ōmi | Ōmihachiman and Azuchi | Shiga Prefectural Azuchi Castle Archaeological Museum |
Chikatsu Asuka Fudoki no Oka | Osaka | Kawachi | Kanan | Osaka Prefectural Chikatsu Asuka Museum |
Kii Fudoki no Oka | Wakayama | Kii | Wakayama | Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore |
Yakumotatsu Fudoki no Oka | Shimane | Izumo | Matsue | Shimane Prefectural Yakumotatsu Fudoki no Oka Museum |
Kibiji Fudoki no Oka | Okayama | Bitchū | Sōja | Sōja Kibiji Museum |
Miyoshi Fudoki no Oka | Hiroshima | Bingo | Miyoshi | Hiroshima Prefectural Miyoshi Fudoki no Oka Museum |
Higo Kodai no Mori | Kumamoto | Higo | Yamaga and Nagomi | Kumamoto Prefectural Ancient Burial Mound Museum |
Usa Fudoki no Oka | Ōita | Bungo | Usa | Ōita Prefectural Museum of History |
Saitobaru Fudoki no Oka | Miyazaki | Hyūga | Saito | Miyazaki Prefectural Saitobaru Archaeological Museum |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Sakamoto 2011, pp. 16–17.
- ^ Sakamoto 2011, pp. 4–5.
- ^ Kojima et al. 2007, pp. 310–311.
- ^ "
好字 令 (good names)". Collaborative Reference Database. National Diet Library. Retrieved 28 August 2015. - ^ Sakamoto 2011, p. 19.
- ^
国土 としての始原 史 ~風土記 逸文 Archived 2013-01-04 at archive.today - ^ Sakamoto 2011.
References
[edit]- Akimoto, Kichirō (1958). Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 2: Fudoki. Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-00-060002-8.
- Sakamoto, Masaru (2011). Zusetsu Chizu to Arasuji de Wakaru! Fudoki. Seishun Publishing. ISBN 978-4-413-04301-4.
- Kojima, Noriyuki; Naoki, Kōjirō; Nishimiya, Kazutami; Kuranaka, Susumu; Mōri, Masamori; Uegaki, Setsuya (2007). Nihon no Koten wo Yomu 3 Nihon Shoki Ge • Fudoki. Shogakukan. ISBN 978-4-09-362173-1.
External links
[edit]風土記 (Big5 Chinese) texts of the remaining Fudoki & scattered passages in other books.- Manuscript scans at Waseda University Library: Hizen, 1800,Bungo, 1800, Bungo, unknown
- Tsukamoto, Tetsuzō (
塚本 哲三 ) (1915). Kojiki, Norito, Fudoki (古事記 ・祝詞 ・風土記 ). Yūhōdō Shoten (有朋 堂 書店 ). pp. 383–586. Scan at the Internet Archive. 風土記 (in Japanese)国土 としての始原 史 ~風土記 逸文 (in Japanese)