Myths of China and Japan

The best starting point for Japanese mythology. F. Hadland Davis retells the creation of Japan by Izanagi and Izanami, the feud of Amaterasu and Susanoo, and legends of foxes, Mount Fuji, Yuki-Onna and the Peony Lantern.

F. Hadland Davis

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