Iwai

Japanese: 磐井 - いわい

?-528 A powerful clan leader in the first half of the 6th century.
As the Tsukushi no Miyatsuko (provincial governor of Tsukushi), he wielded the greatest influence in northern Kyushu. In the 21st year of the reign of Emperor Keitai (527), when the Imperial Court planned to dispatch forces to the Korean Peninsula, he formed an alliance with Silla (Korea) and started a large-scale rebellion. In November of the 22nd year, he fought against the army of Mononobe no Arakahi, which had been sent by the Imperial Court, and was defeated and killed. His name was also written as Ishii, and he was also called Tsukushi Iwai.

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:

?－528　6世紀前半の豪族。
筑紫国造(くにのみやつこ)として北九州最大の勢力をほこる。継体天皇21年(527)朝廷が朝鮮半島への出兵をくわだてたとき,新羅(しらぎ)(朝鮮)と通じて大規模な反乱をおこした。22年11月,朝廷の派遣した物部麤鹿火(もののべの-あらかひ)の軍とたたかって敗死したという。石井ともかき,筑紫磐井ともいう。

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