 Ideogram for Wa, formed by the radical for "person" (on the left), and the phonetic element "Wei" on the right (itself represented by a rice plant in the upper part and a woman in the lower part). Wa (倭, Wa?) (Chinese pronunciation: Wō; Japanese pronunciation: Wa; Korean pronunciation: Wae) is an ancient name of Japan used by ancient Chinese, Korean, and Japanese dynasties. Today the character for Wa has been supplanted by the use of 和 (also pronounced Wa) in the Japanese language, which means "peace" or "harmony". For example, "English-Japanese Dictionary" in Japanese is Ei-Wa Jiten (英和辞典), where Wa in this usage refers to the Japanese language. The first written record of Japan (then in the Yayoi period, 300 BC-250 AD) is found as Wō in Wei Zhi (魏志) of San Guo Zhi. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (830x803, 38 KB) Summary Ideogram for Wa (ancient name of Japan) Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Wa (Japan) ...
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The Sānguó Zhì (Chinese 三國志, or 三國誌), variously translated as Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Records of the Three States and Records of the Three Kingdoms was the official and authoritative historical text compiled by Chen Shou during the Chinese Jin Dynasty (265-420...
Etymology The character "倭" is also believed to have the literal meaning "dwarf". The character is related to the standard character for "short" (矮, as in 矮人), which is written with a different radical (an "arrow", instead of a "person", with the same phonetic element). Another theory claims that the word meant "docile".[1] It is uncertain whether the character first referred to the Japanese as a people, or if it was a pre-existing word that was borrowed to refer to the Japanese. Both theories are plausible, since ancient Chinese names for non-Chinese peoples often carried pejorative meanings, although it is not definite that the character was used in a pejorative way from the start. Technical note: Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ...
In either case, the Japanese were often stereotyped as being short in stature in ancient China and Korea, a stereotype which has only lost its currency in the 20th century.
It is therefore probable that because of this connotation, the Japanese substituted the character 倭 ("dwarf") with 和 (harmony); both of which are pronounced in Japanese as "wa". [citation needed] Today, the character 倭 is rarely used in official or public contexts in Japan, China, or Korea. However, it is still used colloquially by the government of North Korea in anti-Japanese propaganda. An Australian anti-conscription propaganda poster from World War One Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation directly aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of people, rather than impartially providing information. ...
Contacts with the state of Wu (5th century BCE) Ambassadoral visits to Japan by the later Northern Chinese dynasties Wei and Jin Dynasty (265-420) (Encounters of the Eastern Barbarians, Wei Chronicles) recorded that the Japanese people claimed to be descendants of Taibo of the Kingdom of Wu (吳国), refugees after the fall of the Wu state in the 5th century BC (History books do have records of Wu Taibo sending 4000 males and 4000 females to Japan). Historical records also show that the ancient Japanese had similar lifestyles and customs as pre-Sinicized inhabitants of the Wu Kingdom, including tattooing, ritual teeth pulling and baby-carrying on backs. Northern Wei Buddha Maitreya, 443 AD. A Buddhist stela from the Northern Wei period, build in the early 6th century. ...
The Jin Dynasty (晉 pinyin: jìn, 265-420), one of the Six Dynasties, followed the Three Kingdoms and preceded the Southern and Northern Dynasties in China. ...
Wu was a state during the Spring and Autumn Period in China. ...
- 魏略：「倭人自謂太伯之後。」
- 晉書：「自謂太伯之後，又言上古使詣中國，皆自稱大夫。」 列傳第六十七 四夷
- 資治通鑑：「今日本又云吳太伯之後，蓋吳亡，其支庶入海為倭。」
The Wa in the Liang-Shu (7th century) The 7th century Chinese chronicle Book of Liang (Liangshu, Chinese: 梁書) describe the Wa as a Japanese people apparently living in Kyūshū, in the Kingdom of Yamatai. The Book of Liang (Ch: æ¢æ›¸, Liangshu), was compiled under Yao Silian 姚æ€å»‰ in 635. ...
Kyushu region, Japan Kyushu (ä¹å·ž) is the third largest island of Japan and most southerly and westerly of the four main islands. ...
Yamataikoku (邪馬å°å›½) was an ancient country in Japan, recorded in an old Chinese history book, Gishiwajinden. ...
The people are all tattoed. Their territory is about 12,000 li (1,500 kilometers) from our realm, roughly to the east of Guiji (modern Shaoxing (Zhejiang)). To get there, it is necessary to follow the coast and go beyond the Korean state to the south-east for about 500 kilometers, then for the first time cross a sea to a small island 75 kilometers away, then cross the sea again for 75 kilometers to Miro country (Chinese: 未盧國, modern Tosu city in Saga Prefecture, Japan). 50 kilometers to the southeast is the country of Ito (Chinese: 伊都國). 10 kilometers to the southeast is the country of Nu (Chinese: 奴國). 10 kilometers to the east is the country of "Bumi" (Chinese: 不彌國). 20 days to the south by boat is the country of "Touma" (Chinese: 投馬國). 10 days to the south by boat or one month by land is the country of Yamatai (Chinese: 邪馬臺國). There resides the King of the Wa people. (Chinese: 倭者 自云太伯之後 俗皆文身 去帶方萬二千餘里 大抵在會稽之東 相去絶遠 從帶方至倭 循海水行 歴韓國 乍東乍南 七千餘里始度一海 海闊千餘里 名瀚海 至一支國 又度一海千餘里 名未盧國 又東南陸行五百里 至伊都國 又東南行百里 至奴國 又東行百里 至不彌國 又南水行二十日 至投馬國 又南水行十日 陸行一月日 至邪馬臺國 即倭王所居, Liang Shu, 7th century) Shaoxing (Simplified Chinese: ç»å…´; Traditional Chinese: 紹興; Pinyin: Shà oxÄ«ng; Wade-Giles: Shao-hsing) is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Zhejiang province, Peoples Republic of China. ...
Zhejiang (Chinese: 浙江; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Che-chiang; Postal System Pinyin: Chehkiang or Chekiang) is an eastern coastal province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
Tosu (鳥栖市; -shi) is a city located in Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. ...
A reconstruction of a Yayoi period building at the Yoshinogari site Saga Prefecture (ä½è³€çœŒ; Saga-ken) is located on Kyushu island, Japan. ...
See also 16th century Japanese pirate raids. ...
The English word Japan is not the name used for their country by the Japanese themselves: it is an exonym. ...
The Sānguó Zhì (Chinese 三國志, or 三國誌), variously translated as Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Records of the Three States and Records of the Three Kingdoms was the official and authoritative historical text compiled by Chen Shou during the Chinese Jin Dynasty (265-420...
The Kingdom of Wei (ch. ...
This article is about a Japanese historical era. ...
Fusang (扶桑) was described by a Buddhist missionary, Hoei-Shin (慧深) in 499 AD, as a place 20,000 Chinese miles to the east of China. ...
The five kings of Wa are kings of Japan who sent envoys to China during the 5th century to strengthen the legitimacy of their claims to power by gaining the recognition of the Chinese emperor. ...
External links - Text of the Wei Zhi (魏志) of San Guo Zhi (Chinese and Japanese)
- Chinese historical accounts of the country of Wa (Chinese and Japanese)
- Wa Countries and Lineages of Emperors (in English and Japanese)
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