Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kunyora kwe "Shoku Nihongi", mutsivi wokutanga we "Nihon Shoki" kwakatanga munenge muna 760 naFujiwara no Nakamaro, asi kwakatambura kukundikana kwakati kuti kusati kwabudiswa muna 797, zvakadai sokufa kwaNakamaro mu
Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion muna 764; zvinyorwa makumi matatu zvakatsoropodzwa nokuda kwokuisa pfungwa pazvinhu zvisiri zvechokwadi uye kusava nehanya nezvimwe zviitiko zvikuru. Mambo Kōnin akaita kuti basa racho riitwezve, asi rakanga richiri muchimiro chedrafiti. Mitemo ya794 na797 yakaita kuti zvibvire kupedza basa racho. Mavhoriyamu makumi mana e"Shoku Nihongi" anofukidza nhambo inobva muna 697 kusvika muna 791. Basa rokupedzisira rinoshamisa nokuda kwokushandiswa kwamasoko matsva, akadai semarejista etembere dzechiBuddha kana kuti mishumo yemari yemitero. Kufanana ne"Kojiki" yakanyorwa mumutauro wakavakirwa pachiChinese chekare uye pakushandiswa kwokutaura kwamagwaro echiChinese. "Shoku Nihongi" rinorondedzerawo mativi akati enzanga yechiJapan yenguva yacho, zvakadai semigariro yavashandi vari panzvimbo dzokuvaka muguta guru reHeijō-kyō (Nara yazvino). Mukuwirirana nemienzaniso yeChinese, nzvimbo yenhetembo inoderedzwa zvikuru.