HIST 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Koreans In Japan, Yayoi Period, Daifang Commandery
7 Feb 2018
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Historical periods: (based on chinese and japanese histories) 11,000 to 300 bce: cord pattern pottery and clay gurines (cord pattern=j mon, shell mounds, semi-permanent, semi-subterranean houses, hunting and gatherer culture, southeast-asian in uences (from southern china or from islands further south) 1. herein we address himiko, queen of wa whom we now of cially call a friend of wei. Daifang [a chinese commandery in korea] has sent a messenger to accompany your delegation. They have arrived here [at the wei capital] with your tribute, consisting of four male slaves and six female slaves, together with two pieces of cloth with designs, each twenty feet in length. You live very far away across the sea; yet you have sent an embassy with tribute. Your loyalty and lial piety we appreciate exceedingly. For a number of years, there was no ruler. Remaining unmarried, she occupied herself with magic and sorcery and bewitched the populace.
