Some Revisions of the Ancient Japanese Chronology Ojin Tenno Period
Boleslaw B. Szczesniak · Monumenta Nipponica · 1952
Today there is not much need to stress the fictitious character of the chronology of the Kojiki and Nihonshoki and their contradictions of dates, especially as to the time of Ojin Tenn6o lS>TOX, the emperor with whose reign we are concerned in the present paper. But at the same time we are bound for practical reasons to follow the elaborate system of erroneous dates set forth with official approval and sanctions. All recent publications of Japanese historical chronology PR i-1' have unquestionably followed these officially approved tables which establish an almost insurmountable barrier for the research student in the ancient history or prehistory of Japan. To place in their proper and exact time the facts of the early national history and culture of Japan requires special research in the chronology of the period under the historian's consideration. Myth and legend were traditionally accepted as historical fact in the national past. During the Meiji period HWir ft some Japanese historians of outstanding name timidly admitted the chronological. confusion of the Yamato age 1tkR*f. Among them the most authoritative were Naka Michiyo, Yoshida Togo, Kume Kunitake,2)