Kogoshui

by Inbe no Hironari

For works with similar titles, see Kogoshūi.

List of Errata

Page	Line	For	Read
iii	13	TEXTS	TEXT
iii	13	From	from
iii	14	Together With	together with
05	16	last	first
07	04	“ ‘And again,	“And again,
07	05	on	‘On
07	13	“In	“ ‘In
08	02	divination.	divination.’
10	07	irrestible	irresistible
10	20	ancestoral	ancestral
11	03	Satabumi. Vide	Satabumi (Vide
16	04	ments.	ments,
21	07	pronunciation),	pronunciation)
21	12	tubbottom	tub bottom
22	13	like	as
22	17	relationship,	relationship),
29	05	mother	mother’s
31	24	aband-	abund-
38	12	allegience	allegiance
38	17	were	was
39	17	co-operation	corporations
41	08	busted	ousted
42	12	insifinificant	insignificant
43	04	merictorious	meritorious
44	18	decasion	occasion
45	25	(129)	(128)
45	26	(219)	(129)
48	18	“katakannai”	“katakannagi”
48	26	2	a
48	27	fowl	fowls
49	27	How	Now
50	27	serbant	servant
55	12	defication	deification
56	17	Shinsei-	Shinsen-
57	15	-Roku	-Roku-Kosho
59	09	excrets	excreta
59	10	account	accounts
59	19	he	we
62	18	-Mikoto,	-Mikoto and Tamanoya-no-Mikoto,
63	06	83).	83.
65	21	b).	b.
66	13	super	supra
66	17	XV,	XV.
68	01	Susano-o-	Susano-o-no-
68	06	albinos	albino
68	14	by,	,by
68	15	kiling	killing
68	21	XXVI.	XVII.
71	21	183).	183.
73	14	Taiki,	Taikei,
77	13	Taihakusen.	Taihakusen,
78	03	ninteen	nineteen
79	21	Kai-Shi-Sui	Kai-Shi-Sui).
79	22	Budhist	Buddhist
80	14	sui-	shui-
81	15	XXXI,	XXXI.
81	25	regin	reign
83	01	(or	or
83	04	ancestoral	ancestral
83	24	Susano-no-	Susano-o-no-
84	11	Koshiden,	Koshiden
84	18	Gods	Gods,
85	02	saying	staying
85	21	-Chi.	-Chi).
85	22	Jitsu-I-Ki	Jutsu-I-Ki
85	22	-Chi.	-Chi).
86	18	-Nohan-	-Nehan-
87	14	serond	second
92	05	訂正本	訂正本(明治十八年1885出版)
93	16		Commentaries
94	02	壹井鶴翁	壼井鶴翁(義和)
101a	03	34	71
101a	12	天津日子番能邇邇藝酋尊	天津日子日子番能邇邇藝酋尊
101b	15	20	21
102a	02	69	69, 77, 84, 件信友
102b	03	7, 18, 44, 46, 49, 72.	7, 19, 44, 46, 48, 49.
102b	13	18.	19.
103a	03	38.	38, 74.
103a	28	50.	50, 67.
103b	08	82, 83, 87.	82, 87.
104a	07	Jitsu-I-Ki,	Jutsu-I-Ki,
104a	12	71	70
105b	30	Musubi-no-Kami,	Musubi-no-Kami, 1.
106a	25	84	85
106b	34	篏	簸
107a	12	32, 39.	32.
107b	17	小白山	小博(伯)山
108a	18	大白山	大博(伯)山
108a	36	77.	77. 玉櫛命
108a	37	玉櫛命	玉作
108b	01	魂雷產靈	魂留產靈
108b	33	姬玉	豊姬玉

 

IMBE-NO-HIRONARI’S

KOGOSHUI OR GLEANINGS

FROM

ANCIENT STORIES

Translated with an Introduction and Notes

By

DR. GENCHI KATO
Assistant Professor of the Imperial University of Tokyo

and

DR. HIKOSHIRO HOSHINO
Professor of the Hosei College in Tokyo

 

 

SANSEIDO

1924

All rights reserved

 

Preface

In order to offer oriental scholars of the West material indispensable to the study of Japanese history and religion—particularly Shinto, the national religion of Japan—we venture to make public an English translation of the Kogoshui, an historical book of old Japan, together with an ample supply of notes, resulting from our study of the book for years. We trust that it may prove a useful supplement to the Kojiki and the Nihongi which have long been comparatively familiar to Western scholars of things Japanese, through the excellent translations of Prof. B. H. Chamberlain and W. G. Aston respectively.

Some three or four years ago our regular work of studying and translating the Kogoshui into English was started under the auspices of the Zaidan Hojin Meiji Seitoku Kinen Gakkai or Meiji Japan Society founded in Japan in 1912 in commemoration of the Emperor Meiji, when His Majesty died, and moreover, this year the Committee of the Zaidan Hojin Keimei Kai encouraged us to hasten the completion of our work in question and publish it under its generous patronage, and thus the present English version has been brought to light.

In expressing our grateful acknowledgments to both Societies mentioned above and to Mr. Richard Ponsonby Fane who has kindly given us some suggestive hints and read our type-written manuscript for us, our sincerest thanks are also due to Mrs. E. A. Gordon whose deep sympathy has induced her to give us her valuable assistance in matters of language, tirelessly reading our English manuscript throughout for us in spite of her bad eyes.

The Translators

Tokyo, July, 1923

 

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Contents

 

Part I
Introductory Notes by the Translators

Chapters

Pages

I

The Aim and Object of the Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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II

The Historical Value of the Book Criticized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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III

The Date of the Book Kogoshui Examined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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IV

The Text and Its Commentaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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The Book Kogoshui Written in a Conservative Spirit Against the Then Overwhelming Influence of Chinese Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Part II

Text[errata 1]—A Scroll of Gleanings from[errata 2] Ancient Stories together with[errata 3] a Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Part III

TextsNotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Part IV

TextsBibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Part V

TextsIndex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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1. Original: Texts was amended to Text: detail
2. Original: From was amended to from: detail
3. Original: Together With was amended to together with: detail