Yuzuki no Kimi | |
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弓月君 | |
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| Pronunciation | ゆづきのきみ |
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| Other names | Yuzuki (弓月/ゆづき) |
Yuzuki no Kimi (弓月君) also known as simplyYuzuki (弓月) was the founder of theHata clan, an immigrant clan in ancientJapan who hailed from the kingdom ofBaekje according to theNihon Shoki.[1] He is considered one of the three most influentialToraijins alongsideAchi no omi andWani during theKofun period.
Yuzuki no Kimi is first mentioned inNihon Shoki as a person from Baekje[1] who wished to emigrate to Japan alongside his 120 clan members. However, due to the prevention of the rival kingdomSilla, he and his men were hiding inMimana (Gaya confederacy) and was seeking rescue fromEmperor Ōjin.
Emperor Ōjin orderedKazuragi no Sotsuhiko [ja] (葛城襲津彦) to enter Gaya and escort Yuzuki no Kimi and his fellow people back to Japan in 283. However, after his departure, Katsuragi no Sotsuhiko and Yuzuki no Kimi were not heard from again.
Two years later in 285, Emperor Ōjin sentHeguri no Tsuku andIkuhanodota no Sukune [ja] (的戸田宿禰) to Gaya, where the once lost party including additional members of Yuzuki no Kimi's clan "from 120 districts of his own land" arrived in Japan and naturalized to become the Hata clan.[1]
According to theNihon Shoki, Yuzuki no Kimi hails fromBaekje and had close ties with theGaya confederacy, bringing his people from 120 districts from the areas.
Despite not being found in theNihon Shoki, theShinsen Shōjiroku states that the Hata clan and the founder, Yuzuki no Kimi were descendants ofEmperor Qin of theQin dynasty. However, due to historical, archeological and chronological inconsistencies, it is widely regarded by many Japanese historians as a misconception made by baseless rumors found inSan Guo Zhi[2][3] and they are considered most likely from the kingdom of Silla, and not the aforementioned locations.[4][5][6][7]
Much like the other prominent immigrants such asWani andAchi no omi, modern historians consider Yuzuki no Kimi to be a fictional individual whose story was added later to help create origin stories for clans with foreign backgrounds.
The name "Yuzuki no Kimi" is not found in any other sources outside of Japan. His presence and accomplishments are only found in theNihon Shoki andShinsen Shōjiroku, and not in any records of Korea or China, places that he's allegedly from. However, Japanese and Korean linguists have deduced that Yuzuki no Kimi was most likely a name that alluded to Korean origins as his name could be read as "Kudara (弓月/궁달/Kungdar)" in Korean using theIdu system, which means "Baekje" in Japanese.[8]
It is believed that when giving Hata clan an origin story for their founder, a name that sounded closest to the name "Baekje/Kudara" was given due to the close relationship with Japan and Baekje.[8] Subsequently, Silla (the kingdom the clan is thought to have originated from) was antagonized as relationship between Japan and Silla was strained at the time while Baekje and Gaya, another kingdom that was mentioned in Yuzuki no Kimi's story, were portrayed as countries that Japanese individuals could freely enter without restrictions.
古代に朝鮮半島から渡来した氏族。『日本書紀』応神天皇条に，秦始皇帝(しんのしこうてい)子孫という伝承をもつ弓月君（ゆづきのきみ）が多数の民を率いて渡来したのに始まるとしますが，「はた」は古代朝鮮語で海の意であり，実際は5世紀中頃に新羅から渡来した氏族集団と考えられます。
A clan that immigrated from the Korean Peninsula in ancient times. In the Emperor Ōjin section of Nihon Shoki, it is said that Yuzuki no Kimi, who is said to have been a descendant of the First Qin Emperor, led a large group of people to Japan. However, "Hata" means "sea" in ancient Korean, and it is thought that the tribe actually came from Silla in the mid-5th century.— Kyoto City, History of the City 01 [Hata clan],https://www2.city.kyoto.lg.jp/somu/rekishi/fm/nenpyou/htmlsheet/toshi01.html
以上の来歴は、実際にはあまりあてにならず、近年では、秦氏は朝鮮半島の新羅地方出身であろうと考えられています。
The historical accounts are not very reliable, and in recent years it has been thought that the Hata clan came from the Silla region of the Korean Peninsula.— Fushimi Inari-taisha,https://inari.jp/about/history/num11/
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