Yasumaro portò a termine tale compito nel 712, consegnando il Kojiki all’imperatrice Genmei.

Esso doveva serviva a raccogliere tutti i miti e le credenze dello arcipelago giapponese, e legittimare nel contempo la linea di sangue divina della corte Yamato (fino al 1945). In a wide sense, they are intended to establish the primacy of Japan and the Japanese over all other countries and peoples and in a narrow sense, to give divine authority to the ruling classes of Japan, and to some extent to establish the political supremacy of the Yamato clan over the Izumo clan. Il Kojiki fu commissionato a no Yasumaro. Some of the myths have a very clear political purposes. The dates are very significant, since by the 8th century, when they were compiled, Japanese religious life had received considerable input from Buddhism and Confucianism, both of which coloured the contents of these books. The holy books are not exclusively Shinto The Kojiki was dictated by Heida no Are to the scribe O no Yasumaro on the orders of the Emperor Temmu. O no Yasumaro, painted by Kikuchi Yosai © The oldest surviving manuscript of the Kojiki is a. It is a collection of oral traditions compiled by No Yasumaro and presented to the reigning Empress Genmei (r. These books are compilations of ancient myths and traditional teachings that had previously been passed down orally. Japans oldest chronicle, recording events from the mythical age of the gods up to the time of Empress Suiko (r. The holy books of Shinto are the Kojiki or 'Records of Ancient Matters' (712 CE) and the Nihon-gi or 'Chronicles of Japan' (720 CE).

The Kojiki by Ō no Yasumaro