The Chronicle of Shoku Nihongi (Continuation of the Annals of Japan) was compiled in 797. It is a logical continuation of the mytho-annalistic code Annals of Japan (Nihon Shoki). "Shoku nihongi" is the main source on the history of Japan at the end of the 7th - beginning of the 8th century. and contains valuable information on the political, ideological, institutional, social, economic, diplomatic and cultural history of this time. The book is intended for specialists dealing with the history of Japan and the Far East.