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The following are various names by which Japan is/has been called:
The following are various names by which Japan is/has been called:
*Island of the Dragonfly (Akitsushima)
* Akishima or Akitsushima ("Island of the Dragonfly"), 秋津島
*The Land of the Rising Sun
* The Land of the Rising Sun
*Oyashima (Oho Yashima) 大八洲 or 大八島国
* 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)<ref>Michiko Y. Aoki, ''Records of Wind and Earth'', page 287</ref>
* 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
==Notes==
==Notes==
==References==
==References==
*Aoki, Michiko, ''Records of Wind and Earth''
* Aoki, Michiko, ''Records of Wind and Earth''
* Kaempfer, Engelbert. (1999) ''Kaempfer's Japan''. University of Hawai'i Press. Ttranslated by Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey.
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