道顕の日本世記における人名記載について

Abstract

Six passages of Nihonseiki, written by Doken from Koguryo, were cited in Nihonshoki featuring the era from Kogyoku (斉明) year 6 to Tenchi (天智) year 8. During the periods of Kogyoku and Tenchi, a number of documents relating to the external affairs of the Korean peninsula were produced, which suggests that Nihonseki was utilized as an important material. Based on the content of Nihonseiki and its name entries, we can presumethat Nihonshoki was heavily affected by Nihonseiki, and that the editors of Nihonshoki attempted to list the historical records described in Nihonseikiin a chronological manner. Furthermore, it is evident that the editors strongly relied on the content of Nihonseiki, given that Nihonseiki was cited in connection with the consideration of subtle controversies concerning one and the same incident. Nihonseikiprovides the name records of those from Koguryo, Baekje, Silla, the Tang dynasty, and Japan. In the name entries, the names of those from Koguryo and the Tang dynasty are notated with the information about a job title and a home country, while such information is absent from the notation of the names of those from Baekje and Silla. More concretely, it is notable that the Silla king 金秋春, the Baekje king (prince) 糺解, and the Baekje minister 福信are mentioned without such information. It is also observed that the usage of country‐specific honorific titles is accurate, such as “君” placed in front of the name of the Baekje king and “智” placed after the name of the Silla king. We argue that the way people’s names were notated in Nihonseiki reflects the documentary‐style characteristic of materials written by Doken.