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Emperor Yomei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (326 words) |
 | Emperor Yōmei (用明天皇 Yōmei Tennnō) (died 587) was the 31st imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. |
| Emperor Yōmei was the fourth prince of Emperor Kimmei and his mother was Soga no Kitashihime, a daughter of Soga no Iname. |
| Although Emperor Yōmei is reported to have died from illness, this incident and the brevity of his reign have led some to speculate that he was actually assassinated by Moriya and Prince Anahobe. |
| Japan, Buddhism and Warlords (4023 words) |
| Buddhism may have arrived in Japan earlier, but the commonly believed time of its arrival in Japan was around the mid-500s, when the Korean king of Paekche was fighting the king of neighboring Silla and wished to ally himself with Japan. |
| Japan's emperor sent no troops to Korea, and in 562 Japan was forced from its possession in Korea that it called Mimana. |
| Japan was growing also in population, and they were expanding against indigenous people, including the Ainu, who, on the main island, Honshu, were overrun and pushed farther north. |
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