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context: literature > ancient
Jogu Shotoku Hooteisetsu
The Anecdotes From The Life of Prince Shotoku is the first story collection, from the early 8th Century (some say it may be before the Kojiki). The second is Sumiyoshi Taisha Jindaiki, Record of the Age of Gods of the Great Sumiyoshi Shrine, from 731AD. Both are written in Chinese.