Dei of Wa (禰), also known as Sodei (祖禰, lit.'great ancestor').[1]: 11 was a King of Wakoku, who was compared to Emperor Nintoku, founder of the Kawachi dynasty by the oriental historian Hidehiro Okada.[2] He was not among the Five kings of Wa but would be another King of Wa predating them.[1]: 11
He is sometimes identified with “Mye (彌),” the Wa leader mentioned in the Book of Liang,[1]: 11
Bu of Wa, wrote in a letter addressed to the Song dynasty in China in 487 that he had been engaged in warfare both at sea and abroad since the generation of Grandfather-Dei「祖禰」or his grandfather Dei of Wa. There must be another King of Wa before San, Chin, and Sai.[6]
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