the august reign at Woharida.[1] So from the Deity Master-of-the-August-Centre-of-Heaven down to His Augustness Prince-Wave-Limit-Brave-Cormorant-Thatch-Meeting-Incompletely makes the First Volume; from the Heavenly Sovereign Kamu-Yamato-Ihare-Biko down to the august reign of Homuda makes the Second Volume; from the Emperor Oho-Sazaki down to the great palace of Woharida makes the Third Volume.[2] Altogether I have written Three Volumes, which I reverently and respectfully present.[3] I Yasumaro, with true trembling and true fear, bow my head, bow my head.
Reverently presented by the Court Noble Futo no Yasumaro, an Officer of the Upper Division of the First Class of the Fifth Bank and of the Fifth Order of Merit, on the 28th day of the first moon of the fifth year of Wa-dō.[4]
- ↑ I.e., commence with the creation, and end with the death of the Empress Sui-ko (A. D. 628), who resided at Woharida.
- ↑ For the Deity Master-of-the-August-Centre-of Heaven see Sect. I, Note 4, and for Prince-Wave-Limit, etc., see Sect. XLII, Note 15. Kamu-Yamato-Ihare-Biko is the proper native Japanese name of the emperor commonly known by the Chinese “canonical name” of Jim-mu. Homuda is part of the native Japanese name of the Emperor Ō-jin (see Sects. XCIV. to CXYIII). Oho-Sazaki is the native Japanese name of the Emperor Nin-toku (see Sects. CXIX to CXXX).
- ↑ Q.d., to the Empress.
- ↑ I.e., 10th March, A. D. 712.
