is the name of a country or location that appears in the book of Sui as being in the region of Wa.
Outline The appears in the book of Sui in volume 81, which mentions the Japanese missions to Sui China brought by Japanese envoys to the Sui dynasty sent by king to Emperor Yang of Sui; the visit was reciprocated by the Sui dynasty, whose envoy passed by a location named . The visit is also mentioned in the History of the Northern Dynasties in volume 94.
The precise location of the region is unknown. In Japan in the Official Histories of China, Ishihara Michihiro covered multiple hypothesis: Mirin Matsushita suggested it was Itsukushima, while Yasue Yamada suggested it was a corruption of the similar sounding Suō to Shin'o; it could also be related to the in the western part of the Chūgoku region.石原道博 編訳,《新訂 魏志倭人伝・後漢書倭伝・宋書倭国伝・隋書倭国伝――中国正史日本伝 (1)》, 岩波文庫, p. 72. "不詳であるが、松下見林は厳島とし、山田安栄は周防の音を秦王に写したとする。山陽道西部にあった秦氏の居住地とも関係あるまいか。"
See also Toyo Province Hata clan Ikikoku Chikushikoku
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