Matsurokoku

map illustrating the path from the Daifeng commandery to Yamatai, and its distances in the Wajinden.

Matsurokoku (末盧國, Matsurokoku / Matsurakoku) is one of the countries described in Wajinden, Liangshu and History of the Northern Dynasties, and is the first place where Wei, the first place in Wa where emissaries from Tsushima and Iki landed on the mainland.


Matsurokoku (末盧國) is one of the countries described in Wajinden, Liangshu and History of the Northern Dynasties, and is the first Japanese land where the envoys of Wei landed on the mainland via Tsushima and Iki. The prevailing theory is that it is a phonetic transcription of Matsura-gun (anciently "Matsura," Matsura no Kuni no Miyatsuko [ja]).