JAPAN 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Susanoo-No-Mikoto, Grave Goods, Emperor Tenmu
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Climate is warm: the land of wa = multiple communities. The people of wa formerly comprised more than one hundred communities. During the han dynasty (wa) envoys appeared at the court; today 30 of their communities maintain intercourse with us through envoys and scribes . 2. the intercourse with chinese empire: the warfare. The country formerly had a man as a ruler. For some 70 or 80 years after that there were disturbances and wear fare. The people agreed to have a woman for their ruler pimiko (himiko): the queen of wa. She occupied herself with magic and sorcery, bewitching the people. She had a younger brother who helped her in ruling the country: the tributary relation with chinese dynasty (from the perspective of chinese dynasty) The period of the yamato court during most of the 7th century (when yamato court was constructed)