| Surname Nihongo: | 和 |
| Parent House: | Buyeo clan (扶餘氏) |
| Titles: | Various |
| Founder: | Prince Junda |
| Founding Year: | 6th century |
The, also known as, was an immigrant clan active in Japan since the Kofun period (250–538), according to the history of Japan laid out in the Nihon Shoki. The name fuhito comes from their occupation as scribes. They were descended from Prince Junda (Junda Taishi) who died in 513 in Japan. He was a son of the 25th king of Baekje, Mureyong. His brother Seong became the 26th king of Baekje and his nephew Prince Imseong also settled in Japan.[1] [2]
With the 2002 FIFA World Cup coming, an event hosted by Japan and South Korea, Emperor Akihito told reporters "I, on my part, feel a certain kinship with Korea, given the fact that it is recorded in the Chronicles of Japan that the mother of Emperor Kammu [Niigasa] was of the line of King Muryong of Baekje."[3] According to the Shoku Nihongi, Niigasa was a descendant of Prince Junda, son of Muryeong.[4] [5]
It was the first time that a reigning Japanese emperor himself mentioned Korean blood in the imperial line, although it was nothing unknown at the time. During the Japanese Empire, the Imperial family and its connections to Korea were often used under the pretext of assimilating Koreans (see Nissen dōsoron). This was done in order to encourage Korean subjects of the Japanese Empire to embrace Japanization and the Japanese Emperor's divinity.
(462–523) – called Semakishi (嶋君)/King Shima (斯麻王) because he was born on the island of Kyushu
"Junda-taishi" (c. 480–513) – son of King Mureyong who settled in Japan. (c. 690–?)
(c. 720–90) – daughter of Ototsugu, concubine of Emperor Kōnin, mother of Emperor Kanmu