o-muraji

Updated: June 29, 2025

Thus Buddhism recovered its footing, but the enmity between the o-muraji and the o-omi grew more implacable than ever. They insulted each other, even at the obsequies of the sovereign, and an occasion alone was needed to convert their anger into an appeal to arms. *The Emperor Kimmei was the elder brother-in-law of Soga no Umako.

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