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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: | ||
| − | * Akishima or Akitsushima ("Island of the Dragonfly"), 秋津島 | + | * ''Akishima'' or ''Akitsushima'' ("Island of the Dragonfly"), 秋津島 |
* The Land of the Rising Sun | * The Land of the Rising Sun | ||
| − | * | + | * ''Ôyashima'' (''Oho Yashima''), 大八洲 or 大八島国 (''Yashima'', or "eight islands'' is a reference to [[Honshu]], [[Shikoku]], [[Kyushu]], [[Tsushima]], [[Awaji Island|Awaji shima]], [[Ikishima]], [[Okinoshima]], and [[Sado Island|Sado-ga-shima]])<ref>Michiko Y. Aoki, ''Records of Wind and Earth'', page 287</ref> |
| − | * Shinkoku or | + | * ''Shinkoku'' or ''Kami no kuni'' ("land of the gods"), 神国 or 神の国 |
| − | * | + | * ''Yamato'', 大和 |
| − | + | * ''Ashihara'' | |
| − | * Ashihara | + | * ''Ka'' |
| − | * Ka | + | * ''Wa'', 和 or 倭 |
| − | * Wa, 和 or 倭 | + | |
| + | Terms such as ''honchô'' (本朝, "this court/realm"), ''wagakuni'' (我国, "our country"), and the like are also common, but might not be taken as true placenames. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 18:46, 3 October 2014
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
- Ôyashima (Oho Yashima), 大八洲 or 大八島国 (Yashima, or "eight islands is a reference to Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima, Awaji shima, Ikishima, Okinoshima, and Sado-ga-shima)[1]
- Shinkoku or Kami no kuni ("land of the gods"), 神国 or 神の国
- Yamato, 大和
- Ashihara
- Ka
- Wa, 和 or 倭
Terms such as honchô (本朝, "this court/realm"), wagakuni (我国, "our country"), and the like are also common, but might not be taken as true placenames.
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.
