noun
Shinsen Shōjiroku (Newly Compiled Register of Clan Names, 815 CE)
A historical Japanese genealogical record compiled in the early Heian period. Used as a proper noun referring to this specific work.
新撰姓氏録は、平安時代初期に編纂された古代氏族の系譜書である。
The Shinsen Shōjiroku is a genealogical record of ancient clans compiled in the early Heian period.
The title 新撰姓氏録 literally means 'newly compiled record of clan names'. The exact derivation of the reading しょうじろく is uncertain; it is the conventional reading for this historical work.