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==Ancient Times==

==Ancient Times==

Records in both Chinese and Japanese as old as the ''[[Wei zhi]]'' (c. 300 CE) and ''[[Manyoshu|Man'yôshû]]'' (c. 760s CE) suggest a perception of the island as Japanese.<ref>Robinson, 43.</ref> The construction of [[Kaneta fortress|Kaneta]] [[Korean-style fortresses|fortress]] on the island in [[667]], built explicitly against the potential threat of [[Tang Dynasty|Tang]]-[[Silla]] invasion, indicates that Japanese ([[Yamato state]]) agents extended control to the island at least that early.

Records in both Chinese and Japanese as old as the ''[[Wei zhi]]'' (c. 300 CE) and ''[[Manyoshu|Man'yôshû]]'' (c. 760s CE) suggest a perception of the island as Japanese.<ref>Robinson, 43.</ref> At least one ''[[kofun]]'' has been found on the island. Dated to the 4th-6th century, it is located in the Kechi area of Mitsushima town.

 

The construction of [[Kaneta fortress|Kaneta]] [[Korean-style fortresses|fortress]] on the island in [[667]], built explicitly against the potential threat of [[Tang Dynasty|Tang]]-[[Silla]] invasion, indicates that Japanese ([[Yamato state]]) agents extended control to the island at least that early. Japanese figures traveling to and from the mainland, such as [[Ono no Imoko]] ([[608]]) and [[Saicho|Saichô]] ([[805]]), among others, are known to have anchored or taken lodgings on Tsushima as a stop along those journeys.

==Medieval Period==

==Medieval Period==