Zen Ikaruga - Ikaruga in Kashiwa

...The fact that the Zen clan served in cooking and providing food for the Emperor's offerings is known from the examples of Zen Areshi during the Richu period, Zen Nagano during the Yuryaku period, and Zen Oamaro during the Ankan period, but after the establishment of the Ritsuryo system, the Takahashi clan, which descended from the Zen clan, was appointed as Naizen Hossen (chief of the Naizen Office) alongside the Azumi clan, based on the Zen clan's achievements in serving the Emperor's offerings for many years. Among the members of the Zen clan who were active in military and diplomatic affairs were Zen Ikaruga, who is said to have defeated the Goguryeo army as a commander of the Mimana Nihonfu during the reign of Emperor Yuryaku, Zen Hasubi, who was famous for slaying a tiger when he was sent to Baekje during the reign of Emperor Kinmei, and Zen Katabuko, who served as a host for the Goguryeo envoys who were cast ashore in Etsu Province (Hokuriku), and his daughter Hokikimi no Iratsume, who was famous as the wife of Prince Shotoku. Other names that remain in history include Zen Otomo, who served as the head of Kazariuma, which welcomed the Mimana envoys during the reign of Emperor Suiko, Zen Momoi, the governor of the eastern provinces during the Taika Reforms, Zen Hazumi, the ambassador to Goguryeo during the reign of Emperor Saimei, and Zen Maro, a meritorious retainer in the Jinshin War.

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…膳氏が天皇の供御の料理，供饌の事に奉仕したことは，履中朝の膳余磯（あれし），雄略朝の膳長野，安閑朝の膳大麻呂の例によっても知られるが，律令制の成立後，膳氏から出た高橋氏が，阿曇（あずみ）氏と並んで内膳奉膳(内膳司（ないぜんし）の長官)に任ぜられたのは，多年天皇の供御の事に奉仕した膳氏の実績に基づくものである。なお，膳氏で軍事，外交などに活躍した人物としては，雄略朝に任那日本府の将として高句麗軍を破ったとつたえる膳斑鳩（いかるが），欽明朝に百済に遣わされた際，虎を退治したことで有名な膳巴提便（はすび）などがおり，また，膳傾子（かたぶこ）は越国(北陸)に漂着した高句麗の使者の接待を務めているが，彼の娘菩岐々美郎女（ほききみのいらつめ）は聖徳太子の妃として著名である。このほか，推古朝に任那の使を迎える荘馬（かざりうま）の長を務めた膳大伴，大化改新の際の東国国司膳百依，斉明朝の遣高麗大使膳葉積，壬申の乱の功臣膳摩漏などが史上に名をとどめている。…

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