Wa
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Wa is an ancient Chinese exonym historically used to refer to the people and early polities of the Japanese archipelago.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Chinese exonym
ⓘ
historical ethnonym ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Japan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yamato polity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
exonyms for Japan
ⓘ
historical names of countries ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Sino-Japanese relations ⓘ |
| describedAs | people of Wa ⓘ |
| ethnonymFor | Japanese people ⓘ |
| geographicalScope | Japanese archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRelation | precursor term to Nihon ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Chinese ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Wei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Book of the Later Han NERFINISHED ⓘ Records of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSubgroup | Yamatai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perceivedAs | foreign people to Chinese dynasties ⓘ |
| politicalContext | early Japanese polities ⓘ |
| refersTo |
early polities of the Japanese archipelago
ⓘ
people of the Japanese archipelago ⓘ |
| refersToModernEntity | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | East Asia ⓘ |
| relatedTerm |
Nihon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yamato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptUsed | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| timePeriod | ancient period ⓘ |
| usedAs | name for Japan in Chinese diplomacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | ancient Chinese sources ⓘ |
| usedIn | Chinese historical texts ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.