Records of the Three Kingdoms
The first historical records of Himiko are found in the "Records of the Three Kingdoms" (, ), a Chinese classic text dating to . However rather than "Records of the Three Kingdoms", Japanese scholars use the term of , a Japanese abbreviation for the account of Wajin in the "Biographies of the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Dongyi" (), Volume 30 of the "Book of Wei" () of the "Records of the Three Kingdoms" (). This section is the first description of Himiko (Pimiko) and Yamatai: