The mythological-chronicle collection “Annals of Japan” (“Nihon shoki”, 720) is the main monument of early Japanese literature. It is a kind of encyclopedia of ancient Japan, containing a wealth of data on mythology, history, ethnography and poetry. The first volume of this edition of the monument, published for the first time in Russian, includes myths, legends and chronicles of the first rulers of ancient Japan. The second volume includes legends, traditions and chronicles relating to the reigns of Japanese sovereigns, starting from Keitai and ending with Jito. Contents: NIHON SHOKI ANNALS OF JAPAN (SCROLS XVII - XXX) Scroll XVII 7 Scroll XVIII 25 Scroll XIX 32 Scroll XX 69 Scroll XXI 80 Scroll XXII 90 Scroll XXIII 114Scroll XXIV 124Scroll XXV 141Scroll XXVI 174Scroll XXVII 190Scroll XXVIII 208Scroll XXIX 223Scroll XXX 267COMMENTS 299APPENDICES 391Index of names of noble families 393Official ranking system in the states of the Korean Peninsula 422Table of Japanese weights and measures 423Provinces of Japan in their old and new transcriptions 424Chronology of the first Japanese kings and the mottos of their reign 425Used literature 426List of abbreviations 427