Shinsen Shōjiroku
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Shinsen Shōjiroku was an imperially commissioned Japanese genealogical record from Heian period Japan.
Emperor Kanmu, the first emperor to have commissioned a genealogical record in Japanese history.
Nissen dōsoron
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Nissen dōsoron is a theory that reinforces the idea that the Japanese people and the Korean people share a common ancestry. It was first introduced during the Japanese annexation of Korea in the early
Shinsen Shōjiroku
…Japanese sources such as the Kojiki, Nihon Shoki, and Shoku Nihongi, and was utilized by Meiji era Japanese historians and anthropologists to create the Nissen dōsoron. Similar to the criticisms above, these claims are also scrutinized by modern historians…
Susanoo-no-Mikoto
Ancestry profile of Japanese genetic clusters illustrating their genetic similarities to four mainland Asian populations