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هیمیکو
Sign in to save, also known as the , was a shamaness-queen of Yamatai-koku in . 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 Jingū, who is said to have served as regent from 201 to 269.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Himiko
- Royalty.succession
- Queen of Yamataikoku
- Royalty.reign
- - 247/248
- Royalty.successor
- Unknown king
- Royalty.birth_place
- Yamatai, Japan
- Royalty.death_date
- 247/248 AD (aged c. 78)
- Royalty.burial_place
- Thought to be Hashihaka Kofun near Nara (Japan)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Yamatai
- Place of birth
- Yamatai
- Place of death
- Japan
- Occupation
- shaman
- Position held
- queen regnant
- Said to be same as
- Empress Jingū
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- date of death
- 0248-00-00
- name in kana
- ひみこ
- name in native language
- 卑彌呼
- Commons category
- Himiko
- time period
- Yayoi period
- described by source
- Treatise on the people of Wa
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