Japanese-Jewish Common Ancestor Theory

The Japanese-Jewish Common Ancestor Theory was a 19th century hypothesis which claimed the Japanese people are the main part of the ten lost tribes of Israel. DNA evidence, however, excludes this possibility.^[1]

In the 1870s Nicholas McLeod (Norman McLeod) published Epitome of the ancient history of Japan^[2] and Illustrations to the Epitome of the ancient history of Japan,^[3] claiming that the Japanese people included descendants of the lost tribes of Israel. They had little impact in Japan,^[4] but were translated into Japanese and published in Japan.^[5]^[6]

References

^ Abraham's children: race, identity, and the DNA of the chosen people Jon Entine
^ McLeod, Norman. subtitle:Japan and the Lost Tribes of Israel, Nagasaki, 1876.
^ An article of this book can be seen at the Rare Books site of National Library of Scotland with search words "Norman Mcleod Epitome", (accessed March 09, 2011).
^ Goodman, David; Masanori Miyazawa (1996). Jews in the Japanese mind: the history and uses of a cultural stereotype. The Free Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0029124826. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=R_PQLj2D1DQC&pg=PA59&dq=Japanese-Jewish+Common+Ancestor+gOODMAN&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pU77TsbzDtDI8gPe8bHFAQ&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false.
^ Takahashi and McLeod 1997.
^ McLeod and Kubo 2004.

Additional reading

Bandou, Makoto (2010). Yudayajin Torai Densetsu Chizu. Tokyo : PHP Kenkyuusho.
Eidelberg, Joseph (2005). Nihon Shoki to Nihongo no Yudaya Kigen. Tokyo : Tokuma Shoten.
Kawamorita, Eiji (1987). Nihon Heburu Shiika no Kenkyuu. (literally Research of Japanese Hebrew Verses.) Tokyo : Yawata Shoten.
Kojima et al. (1994). Shinpen Nihon Koten Bungaku Zenshuu (2) Nihon Shoki (1). Tokyo : Shougakkan, ISBN 978-4096580028.
Kojima et al. (1996). Shinpen Nihon Koten Bungaku Zenshuu (3) Nihon Shoki (2). Tokyo : Shougakkan, ISBN 4096580035.
Kojima et al. (1998). Shinpen Nihon Koten Bungaku Zenshuu (4) Nihon Shoki (3). Tokyo : Shougakkan, ISBN 4096580042.
Kubo, Arimasa. Israelites Came to Ancient Japan, chapters: 2 3 4.
Kubo, Arimasa (2011). Nihon to Yudaya Unmei no Idenshi. Tokyo : Gakken Publishing.
Kubo et al. (2000). Nihon Yudaya Huuin no Kodaishi (2). Tokyo : Tokuma Shoten.
McLeod and Kubo (2004). Nihon Koyuu Bunmei no Nazo wa Yudaya de tokeru. Tokyo : Tokuma Shoten.
Takahashi and McLeod (1997). Tennouke to Isuraeru Jyuu Shizoku no Shinjitsu. Tokyo : Tama Shuppan.
Yamaguchi and Kounoshi (1997). Shinpen Nihon Koten Bungaku Zenshuu (1) Kojiki. (literal translation : New edition of Japanese Classical Literature Series (1)). Tokyo : Shougakkan, ISBN 978-4096580011.