Yamato clan

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Yamato clan
和
Parent houseBuyeo clan (扶餘氏)
TitlesVarious
FounderPrince Junda
Founding year6th century

The Yamato clan (和氏), also known as Yamato no Fuhito (和史), was an immigrant clan active in Japan since the Kofun period (250–538), according to the history of Japan laid out in the Nihon Shoki. The name fuhito comes from their occupation as scribes. They were descended from Prince Junda (Junda Taishi) who died in 513 in Japan. He was a son of the 25th king of Baekje, Mureyong. His brother Seong became the 26th king of Baekje and his nephew Prince Imseong also settled in Japan.[1][2]

With the 2002 FIFA World Cup coming, an event hosted by Japan and South Korea, Emperor Akihito told reporters "I, on my part, feel a certain kinship with Korea, given the fact that it is recorded in the Chronicles of Japan that the mother of Emperor Kammu [Niigasa] was of the line of King Muryong of Baekje."[3] It was the first reported time that a Japanese emperor mentioned Korean blood in the imperial line, although it was nothing unknown at the time, half a century before during the colonial period,Imperial Japan and its Korean ancestry was often used under the pretext of normalizing Koreans and that the Japanese weren't so different, therefore no problem for Korean individuals openly welcoming Japanization and worshipping the Emperor's holy figure. Japanese Imperialism in Korea in the early 20th century was met by both civil disobedience and resistance movements . According to the Shoku Nihongi, Niigasa is a descendant of Prince Junda, son of Muryeong.[4][5]

Family tree[]

King Mureyong of Baekje (武寧王) (462–523) - called Semakishi (嶋君)/King Shima (斯麻王) because he was born on the island of Kyushu
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Prince Junda (淳陀太子) "Junda-taishi" (c.480–513) - son of King Mureyong who settled in Japan
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 (法師君) (c.510–?) -[citation needed]
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 (雄蘇利紀君) (c.540–?) -[citation needed]
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 (和宇奈羅) (c.570–?) -[citation needed]
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 (和栗勝) (c.600–?) -[citation needed]
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 (和浄足) (c.630–?) -[citation needed]
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 (和武助) (c.660–?) -[citation needed]
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 (和乙継) (c.690–?) - 
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Takano no Asomi Niigasa (高野新笠) (c.720–790) - daughter of Ototsugu, concubine of Emperor Kōnin, mother of Emperor Kanmu

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References[]

  1. ^ Ōuchi family tree, Ō uchi Tatarashi fuch ō (大内多々良氏譜牒)
  2. ^ Shinsen Shōjiroku
  3. ^ Guardian.co.uk
  4. ^ Sin, Ki-uk (2004). Colonial modernity in Korea. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Asia Center. ISBN 978-0-674-00594-5. OCLC 600240397.
  5. ^ Nihon Shoki Chapter 17
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