A polity of Japan known from Chinese chronicles, the "Wei chih" ("Weizhi") and "Houhanshu" thought to be either in northern Kyushu or in the Kinai district (central Honshu). The site of Yoshinogari is thought to be contemporaneous with the polity c 3rd century AD. The queen Himiko/Pimiko is the first known ruler of Japan and the supposed originator of the Grand Shrine of Ise still considered the most important Shinto sanctuary in Japan.