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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kidder, J. Edward (Jonathan Edward)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2007.
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Table of 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.