Shinto Scripture

Shinto Scripture (神典, Shinten) are the holy books of Shinto^[1]

Thse books are usually considered scripture

• Kojiki One of the Kiki^[1][2]
• Nihon Shoki One of the Kiki,^[1][2] first of the Rikkokushi.^[3]
• Enryaku-gishiki-cho [ja]^[4]
• Kogo Shūi [en]^[1][2]
• Kujiki [en]^[5] a book that used to be part of the Kiki, generally seen as a forgery based on the Nihon Shoki, the Kojiki and the Kogo Shūi [en].^[6] No longer seen as scripture

These books are sometimes considered scripture

• Engishiki^[1][2]
• Fudoki [en]^[1][2]

• Manyoshu^[1][2][2]
• Ritsuryo codes [en]^[2]
• Rikkokushi,^[7][8]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} "Shinten | Shintō texts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} "Basic Terms of Shinto: S". www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
3. ↑ Sakamoto, Tarō; tr. John S. Brownlee (1991). The Six National Histories of Japan. UBC Press, University of Tokyo Press. ISBN 0-7748-0379-7.
4. ↑ "Kogakkan University｜Research and Development Center". www.kogakkan-u.ac.jp. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
5. ↑ "What is the Shinto - Japanese history seen from the shrine-". 東林寺天満宮へようこそ！ (in Japanese). 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
6. ↑ Encyclopedia of Shinto Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine entry by Masafumi Motosawa, 2007. Kokugakuin University. Accessed 2013-6-19.
7. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-05-18. Retrieved 2023-05-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
8. ↑ "Founders & Sacred Text Early Developments". Shinto. Retrieved 2023-05-18.