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Kununokuni
(Kunu no kuni/kunukoku、Kuna no Kuni/Kunakoku、Konanokuni / Konakoku) was a Japanese country that was in conflict with Yamatai, which is mentioned in the "Wajinden" in the "Book of Wei" in the Chinese history book "Records of the Three Kingdoms" (by Chen Shou of the Western Jin Dynasty) of the Three Kingdoms period. Outline Wakoku in the 3rd century, located in the south where Yamataikoku ends. Its name suggests that it was originally a branch of Nakoku. There is also a Shiga Island. As the knob on the gold seal excavated on Shika Island was a Snake, Nukuni was a nation of tribes that believed in dragons and snakes ( Sea People (Japan), broadly speaking Yayoi people), whereas Nukuni was named after a tribe of people who believed in the dog-wolf religion ( Jomon people).。In fact, the Ngu-barking, Inu-mai, and Tsukiboshi beliefs were prominent in southern Kyushu. There was a male king Himikoko, and his official was Kukochihiko. Himiko, the queen of Yamatai, and Himikoko w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himikoko
(date of birth and death unknown) was a male king of Kununokuni, recorded in the Wajinden, a 3rd-century figure from Wakoku (now Japan) in the 3rd century. Naitō Torajirō proposed the theory that he was Himikoso.内藤、1929年（ #外部リンク）。 People He had a disagreement with Himiko, the queen of Yamatai, which is located north of Kununokuni, and is recorded to have started a war with her in 247 (the 8th year of the Shōgen era according to the Wei calendar system). According to various theories, he was Kumaso's chief (or Emishi chief山田、1910年（ #参考文献）。), but details are unknown. Original text * 其南有狗奴國。男子爲王、其官有狗古智卑狗。不屬女王。 * 其八年、太守王頎到官。倭女王卑彌呼與狗奴國男王卑彌弓呼素不和、遺倭載斯・烏越等詣郡、說相攻擊狀。 Various theories * Naito Konan, who advocates the ''Yamatai Honshu Theory'', says that the name "Himiyumi-yoso" in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kukochihiko
as described in the Wajinden was an official of the Kununokuni and a described as the real power behind the government there. The original text of Wajinden reads. Various theories * Since the Wamyō Ruijushō is written as "Kikuchi", it is thought that Kikuchi-jibei dog is "Kikuchihiko" (Japanese) and is associated with Kumamoto Prefecture Kikuchi-gun.。『新訂 魏志倭人伝・後漢書倭伝・宋書倭国伝・隋書倭国伝 中国正史日本伝(1)』 石原道博編訳 岩波文庫 P44-45、P79 * Since his name is written before Himikoko it is theorized he had the true power in Kununokuni * Some think that the derogatory meaning is removed from the official name.『邪馬台国』 石原洋三郎 令和元年10月 第一印刷 P61-62 The word "狗" is fierce, and is thought to be "," meaning a heroic and brave man. " means "old wisdom," but the opposite of "" is "," and it is thought to be originally ". The word "" is "Hiko," which is thought to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wajinden
The ''Wajinden'' (倭人伝; "Treatise on the Wa People") are passages in the 30th fascicle of the Chinese history chronicle ''Records of the Three Kingdoms'' that talk about the Wa people, who would later be known as the Japanese people. It describes the mores, geography, and other aspects of the Wa, the people and inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago at the time. The ''Records of the Three Kingdoms'' was written by Chen Shou of the Western Jin dynasty at the end of the 3rd century (between the demise of Wu in 280 and 297, the year of Chen Shou's death). Overview There is no independent treatise called "Wajinden" in the ''Records of the Three Kingdoms'', and the description of Yamato is part of the ''Book of Wei'', vol. 30, "Treatise on the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Dongyi". The name "Wajinden" comes from Iwanami Bunko who published the passages under the name ''Gishi Wajinden'' (魏志倭人伝) in 1951. Therefore, some believe that it is meaningless unless one reads not onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itokoku
is one of the countries in Wa-koku, which appears in Chinese historical books such as Wajinden. It is said to be located 500 ri southeast of Matsurokoku, in the Yamato era, in the Prefecture of Ito (Ito no Agata), now Fukuoka Prefecture Itoshima City and part of Fukuoka City (formerly ). Overview In wajinden it says as follows ("Sanguozhi Wei Shu, Vol. 30, Biography of the East, Japanese (Abbreviated as Wei Shu, Biography of the East)") The approximate meaning of the original text is: "If you go 500 ri southeast, you will reach Ito-kuni. There are more than 1,000 houses. There were kings for generations.。 They are all subordinate to the queen state. It is a place where emissaries from Daifang Commandery come and go and stop." The following is a brief description of the area. Weilüe says 「500 miles southeast to Idukuni. There are more than 10,000 families. The officials were called Ershi, and the deputies were called Leixi and Shankui. The kings of the kingdom were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
大辞林
is a comprehensive single-volume Japanese dictionary edited by , and first published by in 1988. This title is based upon two early Sanseidō dictionaries edited by Shōzaburō Kanazawa (金沢庄三郎, 1872–1967), ''Jirin'' (辞林 "Forest of words", 1907) and the revised ''Kōjirin'' (広辞林 "Wide forest of words", 1925). History Sanseido specifically created ''Daijirin'' to compete with Iwanami's profitable ''Kōjien'' dictionary, which was a longtime bestseller through three editions (1955, 1969, and 1983). Two other contemporary dictionaries directed at the ''Kōjien'' market share were Kōdansha's color-illustrated ''Nihongo Daijiten'' (日本語大辞典 "Great dictionary of Japanese", 1989) and Shōgakukan's ''Daijisen'' (大辞泉 "Great fountainhead of words", 1995, also edited by Akira Matsumura). The first edition of ''Daijirin'' (1988) had 220,000 headword entries and included encyclopedic content in numerous charts, tables, and illustrations. While ''Kōj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea People (Japan)
The were an ancient people that immigrated to the Japanese archipelago during the Yayoi period (300 BC–300 AD) and are characterized by the existence of Yayoi material culture. Some argue for an earlier start of the Yayoi period, between 1000 and 800 BC, but this date is contested. Classification The terms ''Yayoi'' and Wajin (ancient people), ''Wajin'' can be used interchangeably, though ''Wajin'' (倭人) refers to the people of Wa (name of Japan), Wa, and ''Wajin'' (和人) is also used as a name for the modern Yamato people.David Blake Willis & Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu''Transcultural Japan: At the Borderlands of Race, Gender and Identity,'', p. 272: ‘“Wajin,” which is written with Chinese characters that can also be read “Yamato no hito” (Yamato person)’. The definition of the Yayoi people is complex: ''Yayoi'' describes both farmer-hunter-gatherers exclusively living in the Japanese archipelago and their agricultural transition. ''Yayoi people'' refers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weilüe
The ''Weilüe'' (; ') was a Chinese historical text written by Yu Huan between 239 and 265. Yu Huan was an official in the state of Cao Wei (220–265) during the Three Kingdoms period. Although not a formal historian, Yu Huan has been held in high regard among Chinese scholars. As per the texts, Roman (known to the Chinese as Daqin) travelers and traders of those times claimed that Roman elites were descendants of immigrants from ancient Chinese nobility and Parthian elites were descendants of ancient North Indian empires. Content The original text of the ''Weilüe'', or "Brief Account of Wei", by Yu Huan has been lost, but the chapter on the Xirong people was quoted by Pei Songzhi as an extensive footnote to volume 30 of the ''Annotated Records of the Three Kingdoms'', which was first published in 429. Other than this chapter, only a few isolated quotes remain in other texts. Yu Huan does not mention his sources in the text that has survived. Some of this new data presuma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayato People
The , which is Japanese for "falcon-people", were a people of ancient Japan who lived in the Satsuma province, Satsuma and Ōsumi Province, Ōsumi regions of southern Kyushu during the Nara period. They frequently resisted Imperial House of Japan, Yamato rule. After their subjugation they became subjects of the government under Ritsuryō, and the Ministry of War (pre-modern Japan), Ministry of the Military had an office known as the in charge of their governance. The name also came into use by samurai as a title, . In modern times, Hayato is a Japanese male given name. History and culture The Hayato might have been the same as the Kumaso group of around the same time, but while the Kumaso are mentioned in the more legendary portions of the Nihon Shoki, the Hayato are recorded in various historical texts until the beginning of the Heian period. Though the Kumaso are generally portrayed as rebellious, the Hayato are listed among the attendants of emperors and princes from as earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Family
A royal family is the immediate family of monarch, monarchs and sometimes their extended family. The term imperial family appropriately describes the family of an emperor or emperor, empress, and the term papal family describes the family of a pope, while the terms baronial family, comital family, ducal family, archducal family, grand ducal family, or princely family are more appropriate to describe, respectively, the relatives of a reigning baron, count/earl, duke, archduke, grand duke, or prince. However, in common parlance members of any family which reigns by hereditary right are often referred to as royalty or "royals". It is also customary in some circles to refer to the extended relations of a deposed monarch and their descendants as a royal family. A dynasty is sometimes referred to as the "House of ...". In July 2013 there were 26 active sovereign dynasties in the world that ruled or reigned over 43 monarchies. Members of a royal family A royal family typically in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empress Jingū
was a Legend, legendary Japanese empress who ruled as a regent following her Emperor Chūai, husband's death in 200 AD. Both the and the (collectively known as the ''Kiki'') record events that took place during Jingū's alleged lifetime. Legends say that after seeking revenge on the people who murdered her husband, she then turned her attention to a "promised land." Jingū is thus considered to be a controversial monarch by historians in terms of her alleged invasion of the Korean Peninsula. This was in turn possibly used as justification for Korea under Japanese rule, imperial expansion during the Meiji period. The records state that Jingū gave birth to a baby boy named ''Homutawake'' three years after he was conceived by her late husband. Jingū's reign is conventionally considered to have been from 201 to 269 AD, and was considered to be the 15th Japanese Emperors of Japan, imperial ruler until the Meiji period. Modern historians have come to the conclusion that the name "J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totem
A totem (from or ''doodem'') is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage (anthropology), lineage, or tribe, such as in the Anishinaabe clan system. While the word ''totem'' itself is an anglicisation of the Ojibwe term (and both the word and beliefs associated with it are part of the Ojibwe language and Ojibwe, culture), belief in Tutelary deity, tutelary spirits and deities is not limited to the Ojibwe people. Similar concepts, under differing names and with variations in beliefs and practices, may be found in a number of cultures worldwide. The term has also been adopted, and at times redefined, by anthropologists and philosophers of different cultures. Contemporary Neoshamanism, neoshamanic, New Age, and mythopoetic men's movements not otherwise involved in the practice of a traditional, tribal religion have been known to use "totem" terminology for the personal identification with a tutelary sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumaso
The were a mythical people of ancient Japan mentioned in the ''Kojiki'', believed to have lived in the south of Kyūshū until at least the Nara period. The last leader of the Kumaso, Torishi-Kaya was killed by Yamato Takeru in 397. The name of Kumamoto Prefecture originates from the Kumaso people. Hypothesized Origin Scholars, such as Kakubayashi Fumio, "although information is extremely limited" concluded that they were of Austronesian origin based on some linguistic and cultural evidence, theorising that the word ''kaya'', present in personal names or titles, such as Torishi-Kaya, has the same root as Tagalog ''" kaya"'', meaning "ability; capability; competence; resources; wealth" and Malay and Indonesian ''" kaya"'', meaning "rich, wealthy, having wealth". The ''So'' present in Kumaso was also theorised to have the same origins as ''tsuo, tsau, thau, sau, tau, tao'' supposedly meaning "people" in Austronesian languages. Alexander Vovin defended that the question of wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
