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Alternate historical names for Japan (view source)

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The following are various names by which Japan is/has been called:

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*Island of the Dragonfly ~~(Akitsushima~~)

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* Akishima or Akitsushima ("Island of the Dragonfly"), 秋津島

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*The Land of the Rising Sun

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* The Land of the Rising Sun

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*Oyashima (Oho Yashima) 大八洲 or 大八島国

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* 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>

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**''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>

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* Shinkoku or Kaminokoku ("land of the gods"), 神国 or 神の国

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* Honcho ("True Morning"), 本朝

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* Yamato, 大和

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* Ashihara or Ashiharakoku

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* Ka

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* Wa

==Notes==

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==References==

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*Aoki, Michiko, ''Records of Wind and Earth''

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* Aoki, Michiko, ''Records of Wind and Earth''

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* Kaempfer, Engelbert. (1999) ''Kaempfer's Japan''. University of Hawai'i Press. Ttranslated by Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey.

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