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{{Nihongo|'''''Shoku Nihon Kōki'''''|続日本後紀||}} is an officially commissioned [[History of Japan|Japanese history]] text. Completed in 869, it is the fourth volume in the [[Rikkokushi|Six National Histories]]. It covers the years 833–850.

Following the earlier national history ''[[Nihon Kōki]]'' (840), in 855 [[Emperor Montoku]] ordered the compilation of the years since then. Primarily edited by [[Fujiwara no Yoshifusa]] and [[Haruzumi no Yoshitsuna]], the text was completed in 869.

Written in [[Kanbun]]-style and contained within 20 volumes, the contents covered 18 years spanning 833 and 850. As opposed to the previous national histories, it is the first to cover a single reign, that of [[Emperor Ninmyō]] setting the model for future national histories.

==See also==

* ''[[Ruijū Kokushi]]'', a categorized and chronological history text of the ''Six National Histories''; valuable resource in recreating lost contents of the ''Shoku Nihon Kōki''

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.j-texts.com/chuko/shokukouki.html Text of the ''Shoku Nihon Kōki''] (Japanese)
*Manuscript scans, [[Waseda University Library]]: manuscript [http://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/ri05/ri05_08539/ 1], [http://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/ri05/ri05_02450/ri05_02450_0036/ 2]

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