![]() References: 1) The Chronicles of Wa, Gishiwajinden by Wes Injerd 2) Wa (Japan), Wikipedia 3) Excerpts from the History of the Kingdom of Wei, Columbia University’s Primary Source Document Asia for Educators. Websites: Yamato Period Wikipedia article on the Yamato period Wikipedia article Kojiki, Nihongi and Sacred Shinto Texts Imperial Household Agency kunaicho.go.jp/eindexList of Emperors of Japan Buddhism and Prince Shotoku Essay on the Japanese Missions to Tang China. Towards the end of 2nd century, around 30 small chiefdoms had allied with each other to form a confederated kingdom or state known as “Yamatai country” (Yamatai koku) with Queen Himiko at the helm. Gishi no Wajinden noted decades of warfare had ensued until “the people agreed upon a woman for their ruler”, i.e. Yamatai country was victorious after years of warfare. asserted that Yamatai kingdom was the strongest of those countries. Historians equate these “countries” with chiefdoms. Thirty of these countries were known to have had direct contact with China. Depending on the season they come and offer tribute”. They are subdivided into more than a hundred ‘countries'. 432) describes the land of Wa (Japan) as such: “In the middle of the Lo-lang sea there are the Wa people. The Chinese text Hou Han Shu (Book of Later/Eastern Han, A.D. 187 to 248) who ruled over one hundred tribal chiefdoms They tell of the Yamatai kingdom and a shamanness queen called Himiko (A.D. The Han Shu (“History of Han”) and the Wei Chih (Wei Zhi, “History of Wei”) depict the world and customs of the tribal society of the Yayoi people. The earliest written records about Japan are Chinese documents about the people in Yayoi period Japan. Early Chinese historians described Wa as a land of hundreds of scattered tribal communities, not the unified land with a 700-year tradition as laid out in the Nihongi, which puts the foundation of Japan at 660 B.C. The Wa (the Japanese pronunciation of an early Chinese name for Japan) were first mentioned in A.D. Wa was the ancient Chinese name for Japan. ![]()
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