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The Soga-uji held absolute power in every department of State affairs. One of the most remarkable documents in Japanese annals is the Jushichi Kempo, or Seventeen-Article Constitution, compiled by Shotoku Taishi in A.D. 604. It is commonly spoken of as the first written law of Japan. But it is not a body of laws in the proper sense of the term.
One is that the Hata and Aya groups of Korean and Chinese artisans were under the control of the Soga-uji, and that the latter were therefore disposed to welcome all innovations coming from the Asiatic continent. The Emperor himself steered a middle course. He neither opposed nor approved but entrusted the image to the keeping of the Soga noble.
No family, indeed, affected the course of Japanese history in early days more than did the Soga-uji. The representatives of this uji, from the days of its founder, Ki no Tsunu, took a prominent share in the empire's foreign affairs, but served also in the capacity of provincial governor and commander-in-chief. The 17th Sovereign, Richu A.D. 400-405 " 18th " Hansho " 406-411
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