Wa (Japan)

Wa 倭 is a former name of Japan. The name is found in two Three Kingdoms related sources: the Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, chapter 30, and History of the Later Han, chapter 90. Both these accounts tell of a certain female ruler called Himiko 卑弥呼, who lived from circa 170 - 248, and was on good terms with the Wei dynasty.

Wa, pronounced as Wō by the Chinese, is the oldest recorded name of Japan.

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