According to a report by Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun on the 26th, the Osaka City Museum of Art recently rotated the exhibition of 135 cultural relics from various parts of Japan, and the "King of Han Wenuo" from the Eastern Han Dynasty became one of the first exhibits on display.
According to the "Book of the Later Han: The Biography of the Eastern Barbarians," it is recorded that: "In the second year of Jianwu Zhongyuan (AD 57), the Wa State presented tributes and paid homage, and Guangwu Emperor bestowed the insignia upon them." After the envoy brought back the gold seal granted by Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty to Japan, there were no more records about this seal in Japan. In 1784, the seal was rediscovered in the Fukuoka Bay of Japan and later listed as a national treasure by the Japanese government.
The report stated that the seal is made of gold with a snake-shaped handle, weighs approximately 108 grams; the seal face is 2.34 centimeters square and is inscribed with the characters "King of Han Wenuo" in Yin-style seal script. According to historical documents such as the "Fa Hua Yi Shu," the ancient character "Wei" was a homophone for "Wa."
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