Himiko
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Himiko was a queen of Yamatai, a polity in Wa during the late Yayoi period. She governed a federation of communities over a broad part of the Japanese archipelago and is the earliest named ruler there
The Wajinden from the Book of Wei (Wei Zhi, 魏志), part of the Records of the Three Kingdoms, c. 297, containing the first mention of Yamatai and Himiko.
Aerial view of Hashihaka Kofun, one proposed site for Himiko's tomb.
An Amagi Railway train, Himiko, at Kiyama Station
A water bus taxi in Tokyo Bay named Himiko
Empress Jingū
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Empress Jingū was a legendary Japanese empress who ruled as a regent following her husband's death in 200 AD. Both the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki record events that took place during Jingū's alleged l
Himiko
…Shoki—mentions Himiko by name. The Nihon Shoki nevertheless quotes Chinese records of a “queen of Wa” in entries placed within the traditional reign of Empress Jingū. This framing later encouraged attempts to identify Himiko with Jingū or with other women in the Japanese chronicles, including Yamato-totohi-momoso-hime…
Woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1843-44
Empress Jingū, woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1880)
Empress Jingū and Takenouchi no Sukune Fishing at Chikuzen
Gosashi kofun (tomb)