Dai Nihon shi

…initiated a monumental work, the Dai-nihon-shi (“History of Great Japan”), based on the Chinese model of histories. Soon, though, the Kokugaku movement attempted a purge of all foreign influences, including Buddhism and Confucianism. The “national learning” movement culminated in the Fukko (Restoration) school of Shintō under the leadership of such…

…began the compilation of the Dai Nihon shi (“History of Great Japan”), a comprehensive rewriting of Japanese history modelled after the great Chinese dynastic histories. Mitsukuni’s project, which was not finally completed until 1906 (although most of the work was done during his lifetime), helped establish Confucian philosophy in Japan…

…the primary compilers of the Dai Nihon shi (“History of Great Japan”), a comprehensive rewriting of Japanese history, which served to reawaken nationalistic feelings as well as to develop a sense of loyalty to the emperor.