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| | Yamato Glossary/Characters, Monomyth Website, ORIAS, UC Berkeley |
 | | Emperor Temmu ordered him to compile an authoritative history, starting with the Age of the Gods, in order to eradicate the record of the many errors, omissions, and falsehoods that the emperor believed marred the existing documents. |
 | | Temmu was victorious in this succession dispute and established his court at Asuka in the province of Yamato where he ruled for 15 years. |
 | | In 681, Emperor Temmu initiated the project of compiling a national history, as China had a long history of doing, because he believed there were many errors in the existing record. |
| ias.berkeley.edu /orias/hero/yamato/characters_yamato.html (6437 words) |
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