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Fudoki abbr.
relig.	Literally 'Records of Wind and Earth'; descriptions of the natural features of an area. Regional government records submitted to the imperial court after an order of 713. They include details of names, products and legends associated with the area, thus providing some of the earliest written information on religious practices. The complete Izumo fudoki and partial records from Hizen, Hitachi, Harima and Bungo have survived. There are also Tokugawa period documents with the same name A Popular Dictionary of Shinto (Brian Bocking)