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The following are various names by which Japan is/has been called:
- Akishima or Akitsushima ("Island of the Dragonfly"), 秋津島
- The Land of the Rising Sun
- Oyashima (Oho Yashima), 大八洲 or 大八島国 (Yashima, or "eight islands is a reference to Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima, Ahaji Shima, Iki no Shima, Oki no Shima, and Sadogashima)[1]
- Shinkoku or Kaminokoku ("land of the gods"), 神国 or 神の国
- Honcho ("True Morning"), 本朝
- Yamato, 大和
- Ashihara or Ashiharakoku
- Ka
- Wa, 和 or 倭
Notes
- ↑ Michiko Y. Aoki, Records of Wind and Earth, page 287
References
- Aoki, Michiko, Records of Wind and Earth
- Kaempfer, Engelbert. (1999) Kaempfer's Japan. University of Hawai'i Press. Ttranslated by Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey.
