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Soga clan

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6 dated entries naming Soga clan, drawn from 6 separate years between 506 CE and 649 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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6th century

  • 506Soga no Iname, leader of the Soga clan (d. 570)source
  • 551Umako Soga, leader of the Soga clan (d. 626)source
  • 570Soga no Iname, leader of the Soga clansource
  • 587Battle of Shigisan: The Soga clan, which has intermarried with the royal Yamato clan, fights the Mononobe and Nakatomi clans over influence in selecting a new successor for the Japanese throne, after Emperor Yōmei dies. The Soga favor importing Buddhism from the Asian mainland, described there as the religion of the most civilized. The Mononobe and Nakatomi hold that Buddhism would be an affront to the gods. The Soga win the civil war and Sushun, age 66, becomes the 32nd emperor of Japan.source

7th century

  • 626June 19 – Soga no Umako, leader of the Soga clansource
  • 649Emperor Kōtoku has Soga no Kurayamada accused of treason. He strangles himself at the temple of Yamada-dera. Other relatives of the Soga clan are captured and executed.source

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