Overview
Himiko was a ruler and Religious Leader.
Life and dates
Age
- 年長AD 146 to AD 189 桓、靈間Directly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 258
Attested activity
- AD 146 to AD 189 桓、靈間Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 96, passages 257-262
Family
- 年長不嫁Kinship Role spouse · Count 0 · Negated trueDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 258
Origins and identity
- Wa 倭Directly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passages 258, 262
Career and standing
- shaman-queen 事鬼神道Directly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 258
- king 王AD 146 to AD 189 桓、靈間 · EstablishedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 258
Places and affiliations
- Polity Wa 倭國 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passages 258, 262
- At Kunu 拘奴國 · Relation Not sovereign over · Negated trueDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 262
- At palace chambers, towers, walls and palisades 宫室、楼观城栅 · Relation Resided atDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 260
Learning and skills
- Belief way of ghosts and spirits 鬼神道 · Relation Adherent ofDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 258
Events and relationships
- Bewitched the crowdAD 146 to AD 189 桓、靈間 · Religious · PractitionerDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 258
- Established as kingAD 146 to AD 189 桓、靈間 · Political · RulerDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 258
- Maintained severe law and customGovernance · RulerDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 261
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment able to bewitch the crowd with sorcery · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 258
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 258
- 侍婢千人，少有見者，唯有男子一人給飲食，傳辞語Field householdDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 96, passage 259
References in the histories
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