Achiki

Japanese: 阿直岐 - あちき

An ancient immigrant. An ancestor of the Achikinofuhito (→History). In the Kojiki, he is called Achikishi. According to the Nihon Shoki, in the 15th year of Emperor Ojin's reign, he came to Japan as an envoy from the Baekje king (→Baekje), presented two good horses, and raised them at the Karusakakami stables in Yamato. He also read the Buddhist scriptures well, became the teacher of Prince Uji no Wakaroko, and recommended his fellow countryman Wangin in response to the Emperor's inquiry and had him come to Japan. Although the historical accuracy of the above cannot be confirmed, it is speculated that the presentation of good horses was a return gift for the first large-scale Korean expedition by the Imperial Court in response to Baekje's request around the 56th year of Emperor Nintoku's reign. According to the Kojiki, the Baekje king presented Achikishi with one stallion and one mare, ten volumes of the Analects of Confucius, and one volume of the Thousand Character Classic. Since Yoshishi is a kind of honorific title and Achi can be considered an abbreviation of Achi no Naoki, there is a theory that Achi no Naoki and Achi no Omi are the same person, in which case it is thought that the Nihon Shoki is a split-up account of the story of the same person. Also, the Anchomuraji clan that appears in the Shinsen Shojiroku is thought to be the Achi no Omi clan, whose ancestor was Achi no Naoki, and is said to have been a clan whose occupation was record keeping. It is unclear whether Achi no Naoki, Ojin, and Achi no Omi actually existed. There is also a theory that this name is a direct copy of the clan name of the Achi no Naoki clan.

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Japanese:

古代の渡来人。阿直岐史（あちきのふひと。→史）の祖。『古事記』には阿知吉師（あちきし）とある。『日本書紀』によれば，応神15年に百済王（→百済）の使者として来朝，良馬 2頭を献上し，みずから大和の軽坂上厩で飼養した。また，よく経典を読み，太子菟道稚郎子の師となり，天皇の諮問に答えて同国人の王仁を推挙し，渡来させたとされる。以上の史実性は確かめえないが，良馬の献上は，仁徳56年頃に朝廷が百済の要請に応じて，最初の朝鮮大出兵を行なったことへの返礼という推測もある。『古事記』によると，百済の王は雄馬 1頭，雌馬 1頭および『論語』10巻，『千字文』1巻を阿知吉師に付して貢上したとしている。吉師は一種の尊称であり，阿知は阿直岐の略称とみなせることから，阿直岐と阿知使主を同一人とする説もあり，この場合『日本書紀』は同一人の物語を分裂させて記述したものと考えられる。また『新撰姓氏録』にみえる安勅連も，阿直岐を祖とする阿直史氏であるとみられ，記録を業とする氏だったとされる。阿直岐，王仁，阿知使主が実在したか否かは不明。この名称は阿直岐氏の氏の名をそのまま用いたとする説もある。

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