shotoku

Updated: June 14, 2025

The order of this enumeration is significant. Prince Shotoku died in the year 621.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era

Shotoku and Umako advanced again to the attack; Moriya was shot down; his family and followers fled, were put to the sword or sent into slavery, and all his property was confiscated. An incident of this campaign illustrates the character of the Japanese soldier as revealed in the pages of subsequent history: a character whose prominent traits were dauntless courage and romantic sympathy.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era

Among its treasures is an image of copper and gold which was cast by the Korean artist, Tori commonly called Tori Busshi, or Tori the image-maker to order of Shotoku; and there is mural decoration from the brush of a Korean priest, Doncho.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era

The Emperor Yomei was the nephew of Soga no Umako. *The Emperor Bidatsu was a nephew of Umako. The Emperor Sushun was a nephew of Umako. *The Empress Suiko was a niece of Umako. Prince Shotoku was son-in-law of Umako. *Prince Anahobe was a nephew of Umako.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era