“Kojiki?” Keiko interrupted, finally finding something else to focus on. “What’s that?”
Yui smiled whimsically. “Ostensibly Japan’s great creation myth.”
“Isn’t calling a myth ostensible a bit redundant?”
Yui’s grin widened. “I suppose it is, but the Japanese accept the myth as reality. Ask anyone if they believe in the Emperor’s divinity, and more often than not they’ll say yes. McArthur forced Hirohito to renounce the claim, but it didn’t make any difference.”
“And the ostensible part?”
“The Kojiki, the original, is much more than myth. It’s my father’s record of our history.”
Keiko snickered. “God’s diary!” She spread her hands expansively. “Imagine the implications.”
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