Toyo (queen)

Toyo/Iyo
Queen of Yamataikoku
Reignc. 248 CE – Unknown
PredecessorUnknown king (successor of Queen Himiko)
SuccessorUnknown
Born235 CE
Yamatai, Japan
DiedUnknown

Toyo (臺與/台与), also known as Iyo (壹與/壱与), (235–?) was a queen regnant of Yamatai-koku in Japan. She was, according to the "Records of Wei" and other traditional sources, the successor of Queen Himiko.[1][2] Some historians believe she is the mother of Emperor Sujin.[3]

  1. ^ Yoshie, Akiko; Tonomura, Hitomi; Takata, Azumi Ann «Gendered Interpretations of Female Rule: The Case of Himiko, Ruler of Yamatai». US-Japan Women's Journal, 44, 1, 2013, pàg. 13. DOI: 10.1353/jwj.2013.0009.
  2. ^ "CHAPTER 12. Makimuku and the Location of Yamatai", Himiko and Japan's Elusive Chiefdom of Yamatai, University of Hawaii Press, pp. 239–282, 2017-12-31, doi:10.1515/9780824862848-016, ISBN 978-0-8248-6284-8, retrieved 2024-01-19
  3. ^ Shillony 2008, p. 15.