Tomakoku - Tsumakoku

Japanese: 投馬国 - つまこく

The name of one of the countries in Wakoku in the 3rd century. It is also read as "Toumakoku." In the Gishi Wajinden, it is listed as a country following Tsushima, Iki, Matsuro, Ito, Na, and Fumi, and it is described as "a twenty-day journey by sea to the south to Toumakoku. The official was called Mimi, and the deputy was called Miminari. There were over 50,000 households." This number of households is second only to the 70,000 or so households of Yamatai, said to be located to the south, which gives an idea of its large scale. According to the Kyushu theory that Tomakoku was the location of Yamataikoku, it is believed to be located in places such as Takuma district in Takagi county, Satsuma, the area around Tsuma Shrine in Koyu county, Hyuga, Tamana and Takuma counties in Higo, Kamitsuma and Shimotsuma in Chikugo, while according to the Yamato theory, it is believed to be located in Tamanoya district in Saba county in Suo, Tomotsu in Bingo, Izumo, and Tajima.

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Japanese:

３世紀の倭国(わこく)のなかの一国名。〈とうまこく〉ともよむ。《魏志(ぎし)倭人伝》には対馬(つしま)国・一大（一支，(いき)）国・末盧(まつろ)国・伊都(いと)国・奴(な)国・不弥(ふみ)国に続いて記載される国で，〈南，投馬国に至る水行二十日。官を弥弥(みみ)と曰い，副を弥弥那利(みみなり)と曰う。五万余戸可り〉とある。この戸数は，南にあるという邪馬台(やまたい)国の７万余に次ぐもので，規模の大きさがうかがえる。この投馬国は邪馬台国九州説にしたがえば，薩摩高城(たき)郡託万(たくま)郷，日向(ひゅうが)児湯(こゆ)郡の都万(つま)神社の一帯，肥後玉名郡・託麻(たくま)郡，筑後上妻(かみつま)・下妻などの比定地があり，また大和説では周防(すおう)佐婆郡玉祖(たまのや)郷，備後(びんご)鞆津(とものつ)，出雲(いずも)，但馬(たじま)などに比定されている。

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