San of Wa (讃) was a king of Wa in the first half of the 5th century (middle of the Kofun era). [1]

San of Wa
King of Wa
PredecessorEmperor Nintoku?
SuccessorChin of Wa
Posthumous name
Emperor Richu?
Genealogy of the Five kings of Wa and Emperors
Book of Song Book of Liang
San of Wa
(421, 425 ce)
Chin of Wa
(438 ce)
Sai of Wa
(443, 451 ce)
Ko of Wa
(462 ce)
Bu of Wa
(478 ce)
San of WaChin of Wa
Sai of Wa
Ko of WaBu of Wa
Genealogy of Emperors in Nihon Shoki

(Numbers in parentheses are Japanese epithets)

15 Ojin
(誉田別)
16 Nintoku
(大鷦鷯)
17 Richū
(去来穂別)
18 Hanzei
(瑞歯別)
19 Ingyō
(雄朝津間稚子宿禰)
Ichinobe no OshiwaKinshari20 Ankō
(穴穂)
21 Yūryaku
(大泊瀬幼武)

He was the brother of Chin, the first of the "Five kings of Wa" (although San is not seen as a king in the historical record [2]). Some have compared him to either the 15th Emperor Ojin, the 16th Emperor Nintoku, or the 17th Emperor Richu.

Records

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Book of Song

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Song Book, Chronicles

In the Book of Song, the Emperor Wu of Song issued an imperial decree in the 2nd year of Yongchou (421), ordering the Liu Song dynasty to grant Wu of Song a title for his tribute from Wanli.[3][4]

In the 2nd year of Yuanjia (425), San also sent Cao Da, a librarian, to the Song dynasty to present a written appeal to Wen, and presented him with local specialties. Later, after San's death, his younger brother Jin stood as king.[3][4]
The Book of Song (Song shu), Book of the Chronicles (Song shu), Book of the Chronicles (Song shu)
The Wen Di Ji, Yuan Jia 7 (430 years), Sho Tsuki article states that the king of Japan sent an envoy to present a fang material (a san or jin envoy?).

Book of Liang

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In the Book of Liang, the article on Japan states that there was a "tribute" to the king of Japan when Emperor An of Jin of the Jin (Eastern Jin), and that when An died, his younger brother Ya stood up.[5]

History of the Southern Dynasties

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In the article of History of the Southern Dynasties, the Japanese envoys and tributes during the reign of Emperor An of the Jin dynasty and the contents of the Song Book of Biography are described.

Others

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According to the article in the Book of Jin, in the 9th year of the reign of Emperor An (413), Goguryeo and Japan sent an envoy to offer a variety of goods (one theory is that it was an envoy from the Emperor Hsin). In the "Taiping Yulan" an anecdote in the "Ukihee Kiyoi Note" states that the tribute included "a ginseng and other items offered by the Japanese government.[6][7]


Table of Changes in the General Names of Koguryo Kings, Baekje Kings, and Japanese Kings[8]
Year Goguryeo Baekje Wa
317 Eastern Jin
372 Geunchogo of Baekje
386 Jinsa of Baekje
413 Jangsu of Goguryeo
416 Jangsu of Goguryeo Jeonji of Baekje
420 Liu Song dynasty
Jeonji of Baekje
421 San of Wa
438 Chin of Wa
443 Sai of Wa
451 Sai of Wa
457 Gaero of Baekje
462 Ko of Wa
463 Jangsu of Goguryeo
478 Bu of Wa
479 Southern Qi
Bu of Wa
480 Jangsu of Goguryeo Moudu
490 Dongseong of Baekje
494 Munjamyeong of Goguryeo
502 Liang dynasty
Munjamyeong of Goguryeo Dongseong of Baekje Bu of Wa

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 倭王讃(日本人名大辞典).
  2. ^ 倭王讃(朝日日本歴史人物事典).
  3. ^ a b 『東アジア民族史 1 正史東夷伝(東洋文庫264)』 平凡社、1974年、pp. 309-313
  4. ^ a b 『倭国伝 中国正史に描かれた日本(講談社学術文庫2010)』 講談社、2010年、pp. 117-123
  5. ^ 『東アジア民族史 1 正史東夷伝(東洋文庫264)』 平凡社、1974年、pp. 315-319
  6. ^ 倭の五王(国史).
  7. ^ 森公章 2010, pp. 7–11.
  8. ^ Mori, Kimiyuki; 森公章 (2010). Wa no Goō : 5-seiki no Higashi Ajia to Waō gunzō (1-han ed.). Tōkyō: Yamakawa Shuppansha. ISBN 978-4-634-54802-2. OCLC 609537044.

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