248 - 248 Deaths, Himiko, Tri?u Th? Trinh, Zhu Ran, Dongcheon of Goguryeo, Pacatianus, List of State Leaders in 248, Wang Ping, Wu Can (Paperback)

Chapters: 248 Deaths, Himiko, Tri?u Th? Trinh, Zhu Ran, Dongcheon of Goguryeo, Pacatianus, List of State Leaders in 248, Wang Ping, Wu Can. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Himiko or Pimiko (, d. ca. 248) was an obscure shaman queen of Yamataikoku in ancient Wa (Japan). Early Chinese dynastic histories chronicle tributary relations between Queen Himiko and the Cao Wei Kingdom (220-265), and record that the Yayoi period people chose her as ruler following decades of warfare among the kings of Wa. Early Japanese histories do not mention Himiko, but historians associate her with legendary figures such as Empress Consort Jing, who was Regent (ca. 200-269 ) in roughly the same era as Himiko. Scholarly debates over the identity of Himiko and the location of her domain Yamatai have raged since the late Edo period, with opinions divided between northern Kysh or traditional Yamato province in present-day Kinki. "The Yamatai controversy," writes Keiji Imamura (1996:188), is "the greatest debate over the ancient history of Japan." The shaman Queen Himiko is recorded in various ancient histories, dating back to 3rd century China, 8th century Japan, and 12th century Korea. The first historical records of Himiko are found in a Chinese classic text, the ca. 297 "Records of Three Kingdoms" (Sanguo Zhi ). Its "Records of Wei" (Wei Zhi ), which covers the Cao Wei kingdom (220-265) history, has a Worenchuan ( "Account of the Wa People," Japanese Wajinden ) section with the oldest description of Himiko (or Pimiko ) and Yamatai. The people of Wa dwell in the middle of the ocean on the mountainous islands southeast of Tai-fang. They formerly comprised more than one hundred communities. During the Han dynasty, appeared at the Court; today, thirty of their communities ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=33415