also: ふびと · ふみひと
noun
court historian
Archaic title for an official who recorded events at the imperial court. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.
古事記の編纂には、史と呼ばれる記録官が関わったとされる。
It is said that record-keepers called fuhito were involved in compiling the Kojiki.
Alternate archaic reading, possibly the original form from which ふひと and ふびと contracted.
Modern term for a recording officer or clerk; 史 is an archaic title specific to the ancient court.
The reading ふみひと is likely the original form, composed of 文 (fumi, 'writing') and 人 (hito, 'person'), later contracted to ふひと and ふびと. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.