Soga no Emishi (蘇我 蝦夷, 587 – July 11, 645) was a statesman of the Yamato imperial court. His alternative names include Emishi (毛人) and Toyora no Ōomi (豊浦大臣). After the death of his father Soga no Umako, Emishi took over Ōomi , the Minister of State, from his father.
According to the Nihonshoki, from the end of the reign of Empress Suiko to that of Empress Kōgyoku, Emishi enjoyed influence in the court. After the death of Empress Suiko, Emishi succeeded in installing Prince Tamura on the throne as Emperor Jomei by citing the will of Empress Suiko. Although Prince Yamashiro was another candidate, Emishi murdered Sakaibe no Marise, his uncle who nominated Oe no Ou, paving the way for his favorite. After the discernment of Emperor Jomei, Emishi supported Empress Kōgyoku.
His daughter, Soga no Tetsuki no Iratsume, was a wife of Emperor Jomei and bore Emperor Jomei one daughter Princess Yata.
On July 10, 645, his son Soga no Iruka was murdered by four bribed palace guards and Prince Naka no Ōe, while Empress Kōgyoku is absent from the place of the incident. Unable to contain his despair, he burned his entire residence down and committed suicide the next day, marking the end of the Soga clan's influence on the imperial court permanently.
SoganoEmishi (蘇我 蝦夷, 587 – July 11, 645) was a statesman of the Yamato imperial court. His alternative names include Emishi (毛人) and Toyora no Ōomi (豊浦大臣)...
Sogano Umako. Sogano Umako's wife was a daughter of Mononobe no Ogushi and a sister of Mononobe no Moriya; they had five children. SoganoEmishi Soga...
Sogano Iruka (蘇我 入鹿) (died July 10, 645) was the son of SoganoEmishi, a statesman in the Asuka Period of Japan. He was assassinated at court in a coup...
factions, each supporting one of the princes for the throne. SoganoEmishi, the head of Soga clan, supported Tamura. He claimed that Empress Suiko's last...
nobles. During the Isshi Incident in 645, the residence of SoganoEmishi (a successor of Sogano Umako) was burned down. The Nihon Shoki records that the...
Empress Genmei, and Emperor Kōbun. In 645, Tenji and Fujiwara no Kamatari defeated SoganoEmishi and Iruka. He established a new government and carried out...
of Sogas, including SoganoEmishi. The other, Prince Yamashiro, was a son of Prince Shōtoku and had the support of some lesser members of the Soga clan...
Iruka and completed the killing. Shortly afterwards, Iruka's father SoganoEmishi killed himself by setting fire to his residence. The conflagration destroyed...
powerful court noble SoganoEmishi. He and his family committed suicide when their home was attacked by Emishi's son, Sogano Iruka, in 643. Some scholars...
sixth-century Japan who spread Buddhism, and his unrequited love for SoganoEmishi, which is very unlike the traditionally known stories of these people...
reforms were following a major and devastating coup d'etat attempt by SoganoEmishi, with the events not only exterminating entire clans, but tearing apart...
son of Prince Shōtoku, on the Imperial throne. However, his nephew SoganoEmishi, a government minister, opposed him and ordered Marise killed, ensuring...
Meiji Mura the Japanese word for dolphin (イルカ) Sogano Iruka (died 645), statesman and son of SoganoEmishi Iruka [ja], singer Iruka Umino, a Konohagakure...
Nicene Creed, against the Arians in Visigothic Spain (approximate date). SoganoEmishi, statesman of Japan (d. 645) Theuderic II, king of Austrasia (d. 613)...
Book of Zhou (b. 595) Li Chengqian, crown prince of the Tang dynasty SoganoEmishi, statesman of Japan (b. 587) Yan Shigu, Chinese author of the Tang dynasty...
(d. 612) Yang Hao, prince of the Sui dynasty (approximate date) 587 SoganoEmishi, statesman of Japan (d. 645) Theuderic II, king of Austrasia (d. 613)...
subjects. Out of these texts, only the Kokki survived the burning of SoganoEmishi's estate (where these documents were kept) during the Isshi incident...
Shōtoku builds the Buddhist temple Hōryūji in Ikaruga. 645: Sogano Iruka and his father Emishi are killed in the Isshi Incident. Emperor Kōtoku ascends...
East International No 468, 4 February 1994, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Gerald Butt p.11 Middle East International No 543, 7 February 1997;...
subjects. Out of these texts, only the Kokki survived the burning of SoganoEmishi's estate (where these documents were kept) during the Isshi incident...
Book of Zhou (b. 595) Li Chengqian, crown prince of the Tang dynasty SoganoEmishi, statesman of Japan (b. 587) Yan Shigu, Chinese author of the Tang dynasty...
that his armed forces defeated a group of Emishi (蝦夷, 'shrimp barbarians') before his enthronement. The Emishi were an ethnic group who lived in Honshu...
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