Myths and Legends of Japan

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.

Basil Hall Chamberlain

The first volume of the Nihon Shoki, the second great chronicle of Japanese myth, in the standard translation by W. G. Aston. It covers the Age of the Gods and the legendary first emperors, with alternative versions of each myth.

W. G. Aston

A classic comparative study of the gods, dragons and creation myths of China and Japan. Donald A. Mackenzie shows how the two traditions borrowed from each other, illustrated with color plates of East Asian art.

Donald A. Mackenzie