With the development of studies on Japanese classical literature, such as Norinaga MOTOORI's "Kojikiden,"since the mid-Edo period, "The Kojiki,"became more highly regarded because it is older than "Nihon Shoki," and written not only in classical Chinese character text but also with Japanese words.
江戸中期以降、本居宣長の『古事記伝』など国学の発展によって、『日本書紀』よりも古く、かつ漢文だけでなく日本の言葉も混ぜて書かれた『古事記』の方が重視されるようになり、現在に至っている。