Difference between revisions of "Alternate historical names for Japan"

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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

  1. Michiko Y. Aoki, Records of Wind and Earth, page 287