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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.Himiko or Pimiko
was an obscure shaman queen of Yamataikoku in ancient Wa (Japan). Early
Chinese dynastic histories chronicle tributary relations between Queen
Himiko and the Cao Wei Kingdom (220-265), and record that the Yayoi
period people chose her as ruler following decades of warfare among the
kings of Wa. Early Japanese histories do not mention Himiko, but
historians associate her with legendary figures such as Empress Consort
Jing¿, who was Regent (ca. 200-269 ) in roughly the same era as Himiko.
Scholarly debates over the identity of Himiko and the location of her
domain Yamatai have raged since the late Edo period, with opinions
divided between northern Ky¿sh¿ or traditional Yamato province in
present-day Kinki. "The Yamatai controversy", writes Keiji Imamura
(1996:188), is "the greatest debate over the ancient history of Japan."
