Himiko and Japan's elusive chiefdom of Yamatai
Kidder, J. Edward
Himiko and Japan's elusive chiefdom of Yamatai archaeology, history, and mythology / [electronic resource] : J. Edward Kidder, Jr. - Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2007. - xiii, 401 p. : ill., maps.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Himiko, 3rd cent.
Yamatai (Japan)
Japan--History--To 645.
Electronic books.
DS855.3 / .K527 2007eb
952/.01
Himiko and Japan's elusive chiefdom of Yamatai archaeology, history, and mythology / [electronic resource] : J. Edward Kidder, Jr. - Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2007. - xiii, 401 p. : ill., maps.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Himiko, 3rd cent.
Yamatai (Japan)
Japan--History--To 645.
Electronic books.
DS855.3 / .K527 2007eb
952/.01