Japanese mythology

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Additional Reading

Basil Hall Chamberlain, Translation of “Ko-ji-ki,” or “Records of Ancient Matters,” 2nd ed. (1932; also published as The Kojiki, 1982); and Donald L. Philippi, Kojiki (1968, reissued 1992), are translations of the Kojiki, an account of Japanese history from the creation of the islands to the 7th century.

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

Donald Keene
University Professor Emeritus of Japanese, Columbia University.
Nobuhiro Matsumoto

Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors

Kathleen Kuiper

Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Article revised and updated.	Kathleen Kuiper	Mar 22, 2007
	Bibliography revised.	Kathleen Kuiper	Mar 22, 2007