Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters
Basil Hall Chamberlain
The oldest book of Japanese myth, completed in 712, in the classic English translation by Basil Hall Chamberlain. It tells the Age of the Gods, from the birth of the islands to Amaterasu, Susanoo and the first emperors, with full notes.
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