- Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 401 p.) : ill., maps.
- Uniform Title
- Himiko and Japan's elusive chiefdom of Yamatai (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Himiko and Japan's elusive chiefdom of Yamatai (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-390) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2006035363
- OCLC
- ssj0000171250
- Author
Kidder, J. Edward (Jonathan Edward)
- Title
Himiko and Japan's elusive chiefdom of Yamatai [electronic resource] : archaeology, history, and mythology / J. Edward Kidder, Jr.
- Imprint
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2007.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-390) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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