Here we have the first full description of the island east of China - what would become Japan. Straight from the 3rd century History of the Kingdom of Wei, these words give us our first insight into life on that remote island and their mysterious female rulers.

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Trans. by Tsunoda and Goodrich: Japan in the Chinese Dynastic Histories.

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