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Toyo (queen)
Toyo, also read Iyo, was a queen of Wa (Japan) recorded in the Chinese Records of Wei, who succeeded Queen Himiko of Yamatai in the mid-3rd century. After Himiko's death a king failed to keep order, and Toyo, a girl of thirteen from Himiko's kin, was made ruler and peace returned. She sent envoys to the Chinese court, after which the record falls silent.
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