Shin'okoku (秦王国) is the name of a country or location that appears in the book of Sui as being in the region of Wa.
Outline
editThe Shin'okoku (秦王国) appears in the book of Sui in "Ring 46 Japanese missions to Sui China brought by Japanese envoys to the Sui dynasty (俀国) sent by king Tarishihiko to Emperor Yang of Sui. Mainly in the western part of the Chugoku region.[1]
In the next year, the king sent Pei Qing, a royal official, to the night country, to Baekje, to Jukishima, south to Danla, through Dusma, in the middle of the sea, and east to a country, and then to Jukish, and then east to the kingdom of Qin, whose people were the same as Hwaha, and who thought that Yizhou could not be understood.
— Sui Shu (Sui Book), Legend 46, Dong Yi, Tonight's Kingdom[2]
In the next year, the emperor sent Pei Shiqing to the country of Tonight, and he arrived at the island of Bamboo, and looked south at the country of Tantra, and passed through the country of Dusma, which was in the middle of the sea, and then east to the country of Yi, and then to the country of Zhus, and then east to the country of Qin.
— Northern History Vol. 94, Liezhuan No. 82[3]
References
edit- ^ 不詳であるが、松下見林は厳島とし、山田安栄は周防の音を秦王に写したとする。山陽道西部にあった秦氏の居住地とも関係あるまいか。『新訂 魏志倭人伝・後漢書倭伝・宋書倭国伝・隋書倭国伝 中国正史日本伝(1) 石原道博編訳 岩波文庫』P72
- ^ 古代史獺祭 隋書 倭国伝隋書 卷八十一 列傳第四十六 東夷傳 倭國
- ^ 北史卷九十四／列傳第八十二