The 720 "Nihon Shoki" (日本書紀 "Chronicles of Japan") also transcribes "Yamato" with the Chinese characters "Yèmádēng" (耶麻騰). In this version of the Eight Great Islands myth, "Yamato" is born second instead of eighth:Now when the time of birth arrived, first of all the island of Ahaji was reckoned as the placenta, and their minds took no pleasure in it. Therefore it received the name of Ahaji no Shima. Next there was produced the island of Oho-yamato no Toyo-aki-tsu-shima. (tr. Aston 1924 1:13)