JAPAN 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Emishi, Kagu, Jinshin War
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Emergence of yamato region in kinai region during mid-3rd to late 6th century. Kinai = osaka, nara, kobe, and kyoto of present times. Political conflict in yamato court leads to the rise of an elite clan (uji): soga clan. The rise of the soga clan: they wanted to prevent threats to power. Patronized buddhism and the artisans that came from the korean peninsula. Soga no umako (head of soga clan) married his sisters to kings and makes his nephew king and then later his niece queen suiko. The unification of chinese continent by sui dynasty. The emergence of sui dynasty caused teh conflicts in korean peninsula. The late 6th century saw the rise of silla. The late 6th century sui dynasty dispatch the troops to attack koguryo. Unification of chinese continent by tang dynasty. In korean peninsula 6th century, sees the rise of silla and weakening power of.
