Ambassadors from the Island of Immortals
Subtitle: China-Japan Relations In The Han-Tang Period (Asian Interactions and Comparisons)
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: August 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9780824828714
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; International relations; History - General History; Asia - Japan; History; Relations; History: World; Asia - China; International Relations - Diplomacy; 221 B.C.-960 A.D; China; Japan
Description: "Using recent archaeological findings and little-known archival material, Wang Zhenping introduces readers to the world of ancient Japan as it was evolving toward a centralized state. Competing Japanese tribal leaders engaged in "ambassador diplomacy" and actively sought Chinese support and recognition to strengthen their positions at home and to exert military influence on southern Korea. They requested, among other things, the bestowal of Chinese insignia: official titles, gold seals, and bronze mirrors. Successive Chinese courts used the bestowal (or denial) of the insignia to conduct geopolitics in East Asia."--Jacket.