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en-wikipedia-org-3210		Japanese literature - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	6268	797	64	Chinese characters were also further adapted, creating what is known as man'yōgana, the earliest form of kana, or Japanese syllabic writing.[2] The earliest literary works in Japan were created in the Nara period.[1] These include the Kojiki (712), a historical record that also chronicles ancient Japanese mythology and folk songs; the Nihon Shoki (720), a chronicle written in Chinese that is significantly more detailed than the Kojiki; and the Man'yōshū (759), a poetry anthology. Classical court literature, which had been the focal point of Japanese literature up until this point, gradually disappeared.[12][10] New genres such as renga, or linked verse, and Noh theater developed among the common people,[13] and setsuwa such as the Nihon Ryoiki were created by Buddhist priests for preaching.[citation needed] The development of roads, along with a growing public interest in travel and pilgrimages, brought rise to the greater popularity of travel literature from the early 13th to 14th centuries.[14] Notable examples of travel diaries include Fuji kikō (1432) and Tsukushi michi no ki (1480).[15][16]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3210.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3210.txt