French version
Gishiwajinden魏志倭人伝alternative words: Gishi wajinden keywords: book related topics: Himiko , Yamataikoku related web sites: http://www.g-hopper.ne.jp/bunn/gisi/gisi.html , http://www.max.hi-ho.ne.jp/m-kat/gisi/ explanation: Gishi wajinden is the chapter dedicated to Japan among eastern barbarians, of a Chinese geography and history book, Sangokushi, edited by Chinju at the end of 3th century. It was the first foreign book which described Japan with enough details (circa 2000 Chinese characters) to understand customs, specialties and politically structure of the epoch, so its documental value is huge. It mentioned Yamataikoku reigned by Queen Himiko as Japan's political center but its locality remains mysterious. | |