The Hata Clan came to Japan

     There are many different scholarly views about the mysterious question from where the Hata clan came to Japan. The Chronicles of Japan and Shinsen-Syousi-Roku, which registered origins of each of ancient clans in 10^th century, say that in the reign of Oojin Tennou, in 4^th century, Yuzuki-no-kimi, who  leaded the Hata clan composed of 120 or 127 sub-groups of tribes, came to Japan as a chief or a representative of themselves and asked the Tennou to put pressure on Shiragi not to prevent them from leaving Kudara to Japan, and to let themselves naturalized in Japan. Barred by the Shiragi, the Hata clan for a while had remained in Kara, where was part of the Japanese territory in the Korean Peninsula in those days. After all, it took almost three years that the Hata clan, 18,670 persons in all, passed through Shiragi and came over to Japan.

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