Post by Please Delete on Oct 7, 2021 3:11:05 GMT -5
So I recently gave a talk on "Wa" as the Vikings of Northeast Asia. Figure I'll try to put some stuff here and open up discussion if anyone is interested. BTW, I'm mostly focused on about the 3rd through the 5th or 6th centuries in that regard--when the Wa were still mostly a confederation of different states. There may have been a chieftain that warranted being called "King" (王) by outside groups as they were the most powerful, at least politically, but it is hard to say that there was a central "state" until later. As the state evolved, I suspect that seaborne raiding culture was suppressed, as it wouldn't have been conducive to the state's larger goals.
Of course, later, Japanese "pirates" would be called Wakou (later pronounced "wokou"), in some ways calling back to the earliest confrontations between the mainland and the archipelago.
Class Presentation PDF
Of course, later, Japanese "pirates" would be called Wakou (later pronounced "wokou"), in some ways calling back to the earliest confrontations between the mainland and the archipelago.
Class Presentation PDF