Himiko and Japan's elusive chiefdom of Yamatai [electronic resource] : archaeology, history, and mythology / J. Edward Kidder, Jr.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2007.Description: xiii, 401 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 952/.01 22
LOC classification:
  • DS855.3 .K527 2007eb
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Contents:
Ancient texts and sources -- The Wei zhi and the Wa people -- The initial problem and three centuries of compounding it -- Travel by land and water to neighboring countries -- Han commanderies, Korean kingdoms, and Wei China -- Japan in transition from Yayoi to Kofun -- The Izumo-Yamato contention -- Himiko, shamans, divination, and other magic -- Mirrors and Himiko's allotment -- The Japanese view of the Wei zhi years -- The endless search for Yamatai -- Makimuku and the location of Yamatai.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-390) and index.

Ancient texts and sources -- The Wei zhi and the Wa people -- The initial problem and three centuries of compounding it -- Travel by land and water to neighboring countries -- Han commanderies, Korean kingdoms, and Wei China -- Japan in transition from Yayoi to Kofun -- The Izumo-Yamato contention -- Himiko, shamans, divination, and other magic -- Mirrors and Himiko's allotment -- The Japanese view of the Wei zhi years -- The endless search for Yamatai -- Makimuku and the location of Yamatai.

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