Itokoku

Ito-koku (伊都国) is one of the countries in Wa-koku, which appears in Chinese historical books such as Wajinden.

The kings of the kingdom were all under the queen.」 The approximate meaning of the original text is: "Go southeast 500 ri (from Suoro-gun) and you will reach Ito-gun, where there are more than 1,000 houses.

Former editor Takeshi Ueno also deciphered "Wei-Shi-Wa-jin-Den" from the perspective of historical criticism and concluded that Himiko's capital was Itsukoku.

The Wajinden records that this office was responsible for "自女王國以北", translating roughly to "The Queen's Land and Northward".

A fuller excerpt: The approximate meaning of the original text is: "The Queen Country has placed a special inspector general in the north.

A permanent government office (like the Daifang County "reign" of Wei) was established in Ito Country.

'great leader') was official position in the kingdom of Ito in northern Kyushu during the late 3rd century.

According to the Wajinden (魏志倭人伝, Gishi Wajinden, those passages in the 30th volume of the Chinese history chronicle Records of the Three Kingdoms that talk about the Wa people), this office was responsible for investigating and reporting on those regions north of the kingdom of Yamatai.

Conversely, when the Daifang Commandery sent envoys, the ichidaisotsu was responsible for communicating with them and for ensuring that documents and gifts were accurately conveyed to the queen.

[3] It is not clear who the primary authority behind the establishment of the Ichidaisotsu was, with theories that it was either the kingdom of Wei or Yamatai.

According to an anecdote in the Chikuzen-no-kuni-fudoki (筑前国風土記, Chikuzen Province Fudoki), the shrine was praised as "Isoshi" because it welcomed and served the emperor who went to Tsukushi.

The Ibara Yarimizo site is said to have a high possibility of being a "Shogun's tomb" in terms of artifacts.

The bronze mirror is 6.5 cm in diameter and bears the inscription "Seeing the light of the sun, it will be very clear under the heavens.

(According to local legend, the name "Yarimizo" came from the fact that a spear (Yari) was found in the soil.)

Rubbings indicate that all of them are square rectangular mirrors with four divine motifs (with edges of flowing cloud, grass leaf, wave, and ninjutsu-style flower patterns).