NIHON RYAKKI

The or 'Nihon Ryakuki' (1596[1]) (''An Abbreviated Record of Japan'') is a chronicle of the history of Japan. It mentions the kitsune[2].

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Nihon Shoki

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1. ''Ukiyo Oyaji Katagi'' by Ejima Kiseki. ''Monumenta Nipponica'', Vol. 43, No. 1. (Spring, 1988), pp. 78-93.
2. "In ancient times, according to the ''Nihon Ryakki'', one of the oldest books of records, a great number of foxes lived even in the national capital, Kyoto: In the reign of the Emperor Kammu (737-806), foxes barked at night in the Imperial Palace in December, 803; and in the reign of the Emperor Saga (786-842), foxes walked up the stairs of the Imperial Palace in September, 820." From the "Chapter 1: Background to Appreciation" of ''Kitsune: Japan's Fox of Mystery, Romance and Humor'' by Kiyosho Nozaki, 1961 by the Hokuseido Press


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