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are ancient reports on provincial culture, geography, and oral tradition presented to the reigning monarchs of Japan, also known as local gazetteers. They contain agricultural, geographical, and historical records as well as mythology and folklore. ''Fudoki'' manuscripts also document local myths, rituals, and poems that are not mentioned in the ''Kojiki'' and the ''Nihon Shoki'' chronicles, which are the most important literature of the ancient national mythology and history. In the course of national unification, the imperial court enacted a series of criminal and administrative codes called ''ritsuryō'' and surveyed the provinces established by such codes to exert greater control over them. == Kofudoki == In the narrower sense, ''Fudoki'' refer to the oldest records called written in the Nara period. Compilation of ''Kofudoki'' began in 713 and was completed over a 20-year period. Following the Taika Reform in 646 and the Code of Taihō enacted in 701, there was need to centralize and solidify the power of the imperial court. This included accounting for lands under its control. According to the ''Shoku Nihongi'', Empress Gemmei issued a decree in 713 ordering each to collect and report the following information: *Names of districts and townships *Natural resources and living things *Land fertility *Etymology of names for geographic features, such as mountains, plains, and rivers *Myths, legends, and folktales told orally by old people 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「fudoki」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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