ハリマノクニ フドキ ヘンサンシャ ノ タチバ : カコグン ニ オケル イナミノワキ イラツメ デンショウ オ チュウシン ニ

Literary and historical analysis of Harima-no-kuni Fudoki suggested that, early in the 8^ century when this book was edited, the main type of literarure shifted from oral tradition to written narrative. A majority of locally passed tales were either lost or transformed into governmental legends, which may illustrate the ritsuryo code system established under Yamato Court at that time