Nakoku
Also known as Na no Kuni
right|thumb|200px|The King of Na gold seal granted to the king of Nakoku by [[Emperor Guangwu of Han.]] thumb|map illustrating the path from the Daifang Commandery|Daifeng commandery to [[Yamatai, and its distances in the Wajinden.]] right|thumb|200px|The golden block seal at Kin-in Park in Shikanoshima Island was a state which was located in and around modern-day Fukuoka City, on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, from the 1st to early 3rd centuries. Much of what is known about it comes from ancient records of both China and Japan.
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- 0100-00-00
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- 0300-00-00
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right|thumb|200px|The King of Na gold seal granted to the king of Nakoku by [[Emperor Guangwu of Han.]] thumb|map illustrating the path from the Daifang Commandery|Daifeng commandery to [[Yamatai, and its distances in the Wajinden.]] right|thumb|200px|The golden block seal at Kin-in Park in Shikanoshima Island was a state which was located in and around modern-day Fukuoka City, on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, from the 1st to early 3rd centuries. Much of what is known about it comes from ancient records of both China and Japan.
According to the Book of the Later Han, in 57 CE, Emperor Guangwu of Han granted Nakoku an imperial seal, patterned after the Chinese jade seals, but made of gold: the king of Na gold seal. In return, that same year, Na sent envoys to the Chinese capital, offering tribute and formal New Year's greetings. This seal was discovered over 1500 years later, by an Edo period farmer on Shikanoshima Island, thus helping to verify the existence of Nakoku, which was otherwise known only from the ancient chronicles. Engraved upon it are the Chinese characters (Kan no Wa no Na-no-Koku-ō, "King of the Na state of the Wa (vassal) of Han".