After that official histories in classical Chinese up to "Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku" were edited and collectively called 'Rikkokushi' (Japan's six national histories chronicling the seventh and eighth centuries) of which "Nihonshoki" was the first.
こののち、『日本三代実録』まで漢文正史が編まれて「六国史」と総称されるが、『日本書紀』はその嚆矢となったものである。