Kununokuni (狗奴国)(Kunu no kuni/kunukoku[1][2]、Kuna no Kuni[3]/Kunakoku[4]、Konanokuni / Konakoku) was a Japanese country that was in conflict with Yamatai, which is mentioned in the "Wajinden" in the "Book of Wei" in the Chinese history book "Records of the Three Kingdoms" (by Chen Shou of the Western Jin Dynasty) of the Three Kingdoms period.

Outline

Wakoku in the 3rd century, located in the south where Yamataikoku ends. Its name suggests that it was originally a branch of Nakoku.[5] There is also a Shiga Island. As the knob on the gold seal excavated on Shika Island was a Snake, Nukuni was a nation of tribes that believed in dragons and snakes (Sea People (Japan), broadly speaking Yayoi people), whereas Nukuni was named after a tribe of people who believed in the dog-wolf religion (Jomon people).[6]。In fact, the Ngu-barking, Inu-mai, and Tsukiboshi beliefs were prominent in southern Kyushu.

There was a male king Himikoko, and his official was Kukochihiko. Himiko, the queen of Yamatai, and Himikoko were in a state of battle, saying that they were "not at peace from the bare minimum," and it was during this battle that Himiko died.

Hisao Houga explains that the "kuma" of Kumaso represents the totem of "bear" (熊), and that the Habaku Kumawashi eagle and others who fought against Jingō are the names of the "bear" and "eagle" or the ".... The eagle is strong and healthy. He also has wings on his body, and flies well and high...". The theory that he was a descendant of the Itokoku royal family and the Imperial family was also proposed. He also refuted the theory of Tsuda Yokichi and others, and assumed that Gūnakuni represented the totem of the "dog" and was the land of the Jōmon people, who believed in the dog-wolf and had a legend of the ancestors of the dog-wolf beast. The Hayato, meaning "barkers" (people who bark like dogs), advocated that the descendants of the Nigunokuni were the Hayato people.[7]。

Theories on location

In both cases, the place names "Kuno (久野)" or "Kuno (久能)" are found all over the country, so it is meaningless to search for a candidate location in Gunnu Province based on place names alone.

Zainan theory

There are three theories depending on interpretation.

  1. The theory that interprets the description in Wei-Shi-Wa-jin-Den that Gu-no-Kuni was south of "the end of the queen's boundary" as being in the south from the countries centering on Yamataikoku.
  2. The theory that interprets the description of Nukuni as being located "south of Nukuni" from the fact that Nukuni is the last of the 21 countries listed in the "Queen's Boundary Ends" section of Wei Shi-Wa-jin Den.
  3. The theory that it was located "south of the Queen Country" from the fact that "Wei Oyaku" says "south of the Queen".

The theory of "Southern Kyushu" is based on the fact that the "Weilüe|Wei Oryaku]" says "south of the Queen Country", which means that it was located "south of the Queen Country".

The theory of Zaitō

There are two theories, one according to Wei Wei and the other according to the Later Han shu.

  1. The theory according to the Later Han Shu. Although Wei Zhi Wei Biographies identifies "eastward across the sea, there is another country, Minna Waju" and "Gu-nu-koku" as different, it assumes Gu-nu-koku to the east, not south, as the Gohanshu Dongyiden identifies the two, which is somewhat weak from a literary criticism point of view.
  2. This theory assumes that the direction of the Wei biography is tilted 90 degrees, and reads all south as east. In this case, it is assumed that Gu-nu-no-kuni was located to the east of Yabatai-kuni.
  3. The theory interprets Nguni Province to be located "south of Nguni Province," which is "where the boundary of the queen ends," rather than "south of Yabataikoku," from the Wei-Shi-Wa-jin-den, and puts it in the east. (Since the direction of "where the boundary of the queen ends" is not specified, it can also be interpreted as east.)

Theories about the descendants

Just as there are various theories about the relationship between Yamato Kingship and the Yamatai, there are also conflicting theories about what happened to the Kununokuni Kingdom afterwards.


The period in which the Kununokuni Kingdom existed

Annotations

References

  1. ^ 三省堂大辞林 1993
  2. ^ 小学館日本大百科全書 1998
  3. ^ 岩波書店広辞苑第六版 2008
  4. ^ 平凡社世界大百科事典 1998
  5. ^ 水野祐『日本古代国家―倭奴国・女王国・狗奴国』（紀伊国屋新書、1966年）
  6. ^ 宝賀寿男「狗奴国の実態─邪馬台国時代の中・南部九州」『古樹紀之房間』、2015年。
  7. ^ 宝賀寿男『天皇氏族―天孫族の来た道 (古代氏族の研究⑬)』青垣出版、2018年。
  8. ^ 稲冨伸明「狗奴国国邑推定地東方丘陵」『季刊邪馬台国141号』梓書院、2021年12月
  9. ^ 白鳥庫吉「倭女王卑弥呼考」『白鳥庫吉全集』（岩波書店、1969年）など多数
  10. ^ 『卑弥呼考』雑誌「藝文」明治43年（1910年）5,6,7月号所載
  11. ^ 『失われた九州王朝』
  12. ^ a b 白石太一郎『古墳とヤマト政権』（文春新書、1999年）
  13. ^ 山田孝雄「狗奴国考」『世界 83号』（京華日報社、1910年）など

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