Origin of the Sun: How a Clerk Named Japan
Early Medieval Japan / Sui Dynasty China

Origin of the Sun: How a Clerk Named Japan

A Chinese clerk's filing correction gave Japan its name—and quietly handed an empire's mythology international credentials for the next 1,400 years.

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Early Medieval Japan7th CenturySui Dynasty ChinaDiplomacyEast AsiaCultural PrideEmperor Yang of SuiOno no ImokoJapanese Chinese RelationsImperial Protocol

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