Himiko and Japan's elusive chiefdom of Yamatai archaeology, history, and mythology

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 --...

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1. Verfasser: Kidder, Jonathan Edward (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Honolulu University of Hawai'i Press 2007
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Zusammenfassung: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
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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XIII, 401 S
Ill., Kt., graph. Darst
24 cm
ISBN:0824830350
0-8248-3035-0
9780824830359
978-0-8248-3035-9