Powerful Soga clan in ancient Japan likely of Korean origin
7/04/2018 07:00:00 PM
The Soga clan, one of ancient Japan's most influential families with powers exceeding even those of the emperor, likely had Korean roots, according to a well-respected scholar citing recent archaeological discoveries.
"Nihon Shoki" (The Chronicles of Japan), one of the oldest books of classical Japanese history, notes that the clan reached its pinnacle of power in the early seventh century and embraced foreign learning.
Numerous artifacts of Korean Peninsula origin were recently unearthed in Asuka village, Nara Prefecture, where the family was based.
The new theory is proposed by Yasushi Ban, an archaeologist and assistant chief of the cultural property preservation section of Nara Prefecture’s education board.
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