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The following are various names by which Japan is/has been called:
- Island of the Dragonfly (Akitsushima)
- The Land of the Rising Sun
- Oyashima (Oho Yashima) 大八洲
- Yashima, or "eight islands is a reference to Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima, Ahaji Shima, Iki no Shima, Oki no Shima, and Sadogashima[1]
Notes
- ↑ Michiko Y. Aoki, Records of Wind and Earth, page 287
