Shinchō Kōki

Shinchō Kōki (信長公記) is the chronicle of Oda Nobunaga, compiled in the early Edo period based on records kept by Ōta Gyūichi (太田牛一), a samurai, writer and trusted administrator of Nobunaga. Shinchō Kōki covers events from 1568, when Nobunaga entered Kyoto, until Nobunaga died in 1582.[1] The compiled chronicle consists of 16 volumes and is considered by historians to be "mostly factual"[2] and "reliable".[3] There are a number of manuscripts with different titles, such as Azuchiki (安土記) and Shinchōki (信長記).[4] The chronicle is not only often quoted on subjects related to Nobunaga, but on other subjects, too, such as the art of tea.[5]

Shinchō Kōki is preserved at Yōmei Bunko, an historical archive located in Kyoto, Japan.

Reflecting the popularity of Oda Nobunaga, versions of the chronicle re-written in modern Japanese have sold nearly ten thousand copies all together.[6]

Notes

信長公記. Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 May 2021.
Brownlee, John S. (1991). Political Thought in Japanese Historical Writing: From Kojiki (712) to Tokushi Yoron (1712). Wilfrid Laurier University Press. p. 140. ISBN 0-88920-997-9.
Sansom, George Bailey (1961). A History of Japan, 1334-1615. Stanford University Press. p. 423. ISBN 0-8047-0525-9.
Digitized versions are available on the Electronic Library of the Japanese National Diet Library.
An example search on Google Books.
"Azuma Kagami, Nihon Shoki and yet more historical documents translated into modern Japanese (吾妻鏡」に「日本書記」… 史書の現代語版、出版続々)" (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun. 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2009-03-26.

References

"Shinchō Kōki". History of Japan (CD-ROM version) 日本史事典(三訂版) (CD-ROM版) (3rd ed.). Ōbunsha.
"Welcome to the world of the account of 'Shinchou Kouki'" (defunct; link via the Wayback Machine)

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[1] 信長公記. Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 May 2021.

[2] Brownlee, John S. (1991). Political Thought in Japanese Historical Writing: From Kojiki (712) to Tokushi Yoron (1712). Wilfrid Laurier University Press. p. 140. ISBN 0-88920-997-9.

[3] Sansom, George Bailey (1961). A History of Japan, 1334-1615. Stanford University Press. p. 423. ISBN 0-8047-0525-9.

[4] Digitized versions are available on the Electronic Library of the Japanese National Diet Library.

[5] An example search on Google Books.

[6] "Azuma Kagami, Nihon Shoki and yet more historical documents translated into modern Japanese (吾妻鏡」に「日本書記」… 史書の現代語版、出版続々)" (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun. 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2009-03-26.