2018/3/5 UPDATE: Due to technical difficulties, most of the images on this blog are no longer functional. However, you can download a zip file of this full comic series (as well as some of the photos of the actual sites) here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1p21R8NlurABfGRSZAtu4pUAyDuUEzQ-d
Please feel free to use the images as you please with credit to Brittany Partin.
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A handy list of links to installments of “The Kojiki–As Told By Brittany“, an educational project produced 2012-2015.
The Kojiki (711-712 AD), is the oldest chronicle of Japanese mythology, and together with the Nihonshoki (720 AD), it makes up the basis of Shinto religious/cultural practice. Most of content is the same, but there is some Nihonshoki-only material I’ll be making use of as well. Furthermore, the Izumo-no-Kuni-Fudoki (Chronicles of Ancient Izumo, 713-733 AD) is one of the most complete records of local folklore from this period, and the stories of deities included in that are also part of general Izumo mythology. These are the stories of Kami (gods) that have populated Japan since ancient times, and many of the legends took place in the San’in region. You can still visit the sites where a lot of these events took place!
Story 1: To Yomi and Back Again
Kuni-umi, Kami-umi, & Yomi-no-Kuni Houmon
—Part 1
—Part 2
—Part 3
—Part 4
—Part 5
—Part 6
—-Matsue: Iya Shrine
—-Matsue: Yomotsuhirasaka
—-Matsue: Kamosu Shrine
—-Matsue: Manai Shrine
Story 2: Intoxicating the Serpent
Yamata-no-Orochi Taiji
—Part 1
—Part 2
—Part 3
—Part 4
—Part 5
—Part 6
—Part 7
—Part 8
—-Unnan: Waters
—-Unnan (and then some): Sake, Inze-no-Tsubogami
—-Suga Shrine (Unnan) and Yaegaki Shrine (Matsue)
Story 3: The Hairless Hare of Inaba
Inaba no Shiro-Usagi
—Part 1
—Part 2
—Part 3
—Part 4
—Part 5
—-Tottori: Hakuto Beach and Hakuto Shrine
—-Izumo/Matsue: The White Hare in En-musubi
Story 4: Heave, ho! Kuni, ko!
~FUDOKI SPECIAL: Kunibiki~
—Part 1
—Part 2
—Part 3
—-The origins of the myth
—-The myth alive in the region
—-Ou-no-Mori, the Forest of Ou
Story 5: Fatal and Fateful Trials
Yasogami no Hakugai & Ne-no-Kuni Houmon
—Part 1
—Part 2
—Part 3
—Part 4
—Part 5
—Part 6
—Part 7
—Part 8
—Part 9
—Part 10
—Part 11
—-Akaiwa Shrine, Shimizui, and Ishinomiya Shrine
—-Oiwami Shrine, Tono Shrine, Mii Shrine
—-Yunokawa Onsen
Story 6: Beauty and the Crocasharkagator
~FUDOKI SPECIAL: Shitaiyama~
—One-shot
—-Okuizumo: Oni-no-Shitaburui hiking spot
Story 7: Growing Pains of the Land and Family
Okuninushi-no-mikoto no Tsumadoi & Sukunabikona-no-kami to Kuni-tsukuri
~PLUS!: Shichifukujin~
—Part 1
—Part 2
—Part 3
—Part 4
—-Daikoku and Ebisu as local deities
—-Miho Shrine, the home of local deities under multiple names
Story 8: Birth and Bright Light
~FUDOKI SPECIAL: Sada-no-Okami Tanjou~
—Part 1
—Part 2
—-Kaka-no-Kukedo, the marine caves
—-Hokki Shrine
—-Sada Shrine (Intro)
—-Sada Shrine (Architecture)
—-Sada Shin-Noh (UNESCO Intangible World Heritage)
Story 9: Relinquishing the Land
Kuniyuzuri
—Part 1
—Part 2
—Part 3
—Part 4
—Part 5
—-Effects of handing over the land
—-Miho Shrine: Kuniyuzuri rituals
—-Izumo Taisha: Shrine Layout
—-Izumo Taisha: Kamiarizuki and En-musubi
Shinwa Nengajo (Mythology themed New Year greetings)
—2013: Year of the Snake
—2014: Year of the Horse
—2015: Year of the Sheep
—2016: Year of the Monkey
Note: For entertainment and narrative purposes, these are highly, highly simplified. These are meant to inform readers of the basics of the legends as they relate to the San’in region, and are no substitute for formal study. There is much more to know that is not captured in span of this project!
I own all of the artwork for these Kojiki interpretations. You are welcome to use them provided you credit Brittany Partin and provide the URL to San’in Monogatari (saninstory.wordpress.com), preferably as a link. Out of curiousity, I would also appreciate being informed how and where you use them!
San'in Monogatari 
October 12, 2013 at 2:45 am
you are great takis efstathiou
adviser to the koizumi lafcadio hearn family
October 15, 2013 at 9:05 am
Thank you!
March 31, 2016 at 4:10 am
Have combined Okuninushi Manga into a small book for a class I’m taking as a presentation. Hope you don’t mind. I just passed the one copy around while I talked about Okuninushi.
April 4, 2016 at 9:08 am
Thrilled to hear it! Glad it was helpful for you, and thanks for letting me know.
August 2, 2016 at 7:04 am
[…] if you’re keen to learn more about Shintoism, check out Buri-chan’s original manga adaptation of the Kojiki! It’s AMAZING! The Kojiki is the oldest text in Japanese history, supposedly written in 600 BC, […]
November 24, 2016 at 5:40 pm
Love this series. it’s adorable. I hear you’re moving to china. I wish you best of luck.
March 1, 2018 at 2:27 pm
Hello, and so sorry for such a late reply! As stated on the main page, this blog ended in summer 2016 and am still in China for another half year. However, because Photobucket changed their image hosting policies, I am beginning the slow process of fixing some of the major articles, including all the Kojiki manga. It may still take a while, but they should be active again in the near future.
July 28, 2017 at 11:53 pm
i cant see the images
March 1, 2018 at 12:56 pm
Hello, and so sorry for such a late reply! As stated on the main page, this blog ended in summer 2016. However, because Photobucket changed their image hosting policies, I am beginning the slow process of fixing some of the major articles, including all the Kojiki manga. It may still take a while, but they should be active again in the near future.
December 10, 2017 at 2:46 am
I loved the kojiki myths in manga, but i can’t read all of them. it appears this image https://i2.wp.com/i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b496/saninstory/Orochi/2_1_zps23d7f309.png
what should i do?
March 1, 2018 at 12:55 pm
Hello, and so sorry for such a late reply! As stated on the main page, this blog ended in summer 2016. However, because Photobucket changed their image hosting policies, I am beginning the slow process of fixing some of the major articles, including all the Kojiki manga. It may still take a while, but they should be active again in the near future.
August 13, 2018 at 10:13 pm
Hi Buri-san! I am recommending your excellent comic series personally as well as on my site, livingwithkami. I just wanted to say thank you so much for all your hard work, and taking the time to fix the images ;; your manga is a great help to teach people about myths of Kojiki and Izumo Fudoki in a simple, cute, and interesting way. Thank you so much. I hope you are well!
August 28, 2018 at 2:34 am
Thank you for your sweet message, Olivia-san! The series was a big undertaking, so I’m glad to hear it had the desired result. The image fix was a sudden (and wonderful) thing on Photobucket’s part and I’m crossing my fingers that it’ll stay fixed, but to be on the safe side, I’ll keep the Google Drive folder of all the images linked on the blog.