Himiko and Japan's elusive chiefdom of Yamatai : archaeology, history, and mythology /
The third-century Chinese chronicle Wei zhi (Record of Wei) is responsible for Japan's most enduring ancient mystery. This early history tells of a group of islands off the China coast that were dominated by a female shaman named Himiko. Himiko ruled for more than half a century as head of the...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawai'i Press,
©2007.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.