Kiki Shinwa Densetsu no Kenkyu is a scholarly study of myths and legends recorded in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. Drawing on comparative mythology and cultural anthropology, it examines tales such as Izanaki and Izanami, Hiruko, Yomotsu-hegui, and Yamata no Orochi to approach ancient Japanese thought and everyday imagination.

A study that rereads the myths of the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki within the broader field of East Asian and world mythic traditions.