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DescriptionKing of Na gold seal.jpg	中文：漢封倭奴國王金印 English: The King of Na gold seal, bestowed by Han Dynasty Emperor Guangwu. In the Chinese historical chronicle “Records of the Late Han Dynasty”, there is a notation that in the year 57 A.D., the Chinese Emperor Guangwu (Kuang-wu) presented a seal to visiting envoys dispatched by the King of Na of Wa (during the Yayoi period) in 57 AD. "Wa" is an ancient name for Japan. "Na" (Nakoku, 奴国) is an ancient kingdom / state within Japan located in and around modern-day Fukuoka City in Kyushu. It was rediscovered in 1784 in Shikanoshima and is now regarded one of the National Treasures of Japan.^[1]
Date	Eastern Han 30 June 2005 (original upload date)
Source	Transferred from zh.wikipedia to Commons by Shizhao using CommonsHelper.
Author	Original uploader: User:金翅大鹏鸟 at zh.wikipedia
Other versions	See also category: King of Na gold seal.

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2005-06-30 07:00 金翅大鹏鸟 320×240× (7247 bytes) 汉委奴国王印 {{PD-art}}

↑ The Gold Seal“Kan no Wa no Na no Kokuou”. Google Arts & Culture. Fukuoka City Museum (2020-01-01). Archived from the original on March 8, 2023.

File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:26, 23 October 2023	640 × 350 (53 KB)	Nesnad	attempt to clean up letters on seal
	16:15, 23 October 2023	640 × 350 (52 KB)	Nesnad	attempt to boost resolution a bit
	17:48, 7 January 2014	320 × 175 (44 KB)	Corphine	Removed white matte of the original upload. Moved the picture of the seal knob to File:King of Na gold seal knob.
	13:41, 6 January 2014	450 × 338 (96 KB)	Corphine	Separate the image into two parts (seal as a whole and the seal face); for the seal face, see File:King of Na gold seal, seal face.
	13:12, 19 July 2011	320 × 240 (7 KB)	File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske)	{{BotMoveToCommons\|zh.wikipedia\|year={{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}\|month={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}\|day={{subst:CURRENTDAY}}}} {{Information \|Description={{zh\|汉委奴国王印}} \|Source=Transferred from [http://zh.wikipedia.org zh.wikipedia]; transferred to Co