Question
Unlike the Gishi Wajinden, this chronicle makes little mention of Empress Himiko, a semi-mythical shaman queen who established relations with Cáo Wèi (“tsao way”). For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this work, which was completed eight years after the Kojiki and chronicles national myths and history up to the 8th century.
ANSWER: Nihon Shoki [or Nihongi; or Chronicles of Japan]
[10e] The Gishi Wajinden is the 30th scroll of a “records” covering this time period, during which the warlord Cáo Cāo (“tsao tsao”) was defeated at the Battle of Red Cliffs.
ANSWER: Three Kingdoms period [or Sānguó Shídài]
[10h] The Nihon Shoki claims that Nara became known for kusuri·gari, or “medicine gatherings,” after this empress held one in 612. With her nephew Prince Shōtoku, this empress established Buddhism as the state religion, built Hōryūji (“HO-rew-jee”), and sent Ono no Imoko on a mission to Emperor Yáng of Suí (“sway”).
ANSWER: Empress Suiko
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| 2025 ACF Nationals | 04/19/2025 | Y | 10 | 17.00 | 100% | 70% | 0% |
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