In the case of "Kojiki" (The Records of Ancient Matters), the oldest history book in Japan, since there is no record on the time of its completion in "Shoku Nihongi" (Chronicle of Japan Continued), which is the official history book, and also based on the fact that it is a handwritten copy, it is suspected as gisho by Iwao YAMATO ("Consideration into the completion of Records of Ancient Matters" (1975), "Is the view that Records of Ancient Matters is gisho, not established?" (1988), and Hayato OOSHIMA ("Discussion about Records of Ancient Matters establishment" (1989), "Discovery of anthologizing method of Records of Ancient Matters of Japan" (1994).
現存する日本最古の史書『古事記』の場合、正史である『続日本紀』に記録がないことや写本の伝存状況などから偽書と疑う大和岩雄（『古事記成立考』（1975年）、『古事記偽書説は成り立たないか』（1988年））や大島隼人（『古事記成立論』（1989年）、『古事記撰録方法の発見』（1994年））らがいる。