TY - BOOK AU - Kidder,J.Edward ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Himiko and Japan's elusive chiefdom of Yamatai: archaeology, history, and mythology AV - DS855.3 .K527 2007 U1 - 952/.01 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Honolulu PB - University of Hawai'i Press KW - Himiko, KW - Yamatai (Japan) KW - Japan KW - History KW - To 645 KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-390) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nird-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3413342 ER -