The Kojiki, compiled in A. D. 712, is the oldest book in Japan that we can read today. Since it is a record of ancient matters that contains many names of animals, you might expect that it will be useful for investigating the fauna of the early Japanese archipelago. But that investigation might not be effective enough for such a study because The Kojiki mentions only a few of the most popular animals among Japanese people throughout history. I mean that The Kojiki does not refer to all the animals living in Japan. _is might be the reason why the topic of the animals in The Kojiki has hardly been discussed. We can, however, understand the early Japanese point of view on the environment by analyzing the animals in The Kojiki. It is said that the characteristics of the Japanese view on nature are the intimacy with nature and the concept of homogeneousness between humankind and all things in the universe. And these characteristics can be found when we study the way in which The Kojiki mentions animals.
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