Kissitsukushin

A military commander in the final days of Baekje. Cousin of King Uija. His official rank was Ensur. In 660 (the 6th year of the reign of Emperor Saimei), Baekje was destroyed by the combined forces of Tang and Silla, but since Fukushin fought hard to recapture the former capital of Sabi-seong (Buyo), people all over the country respected him. In 662 (the 1st year of the reign of Emperor Tenchi), he welcomed Prince Hosho, who was in Japan as a hostage, as king and attempted to restore Baekje, but the situation was unfavorable and he was killed the following year in 663 by King Hosho, who believed the words of an enemy slanderer.

[Yasutami Suzuki]

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百済(くだら)末期の武将。義慈王の従兄弟(いとこ)。官位は恩率。660年（斉明天皇6）百済は唐・新羅(しらぎ)連合軍によって滅ぼされたが、その後も福信は故都泗沘(しひ)城（扶余(ふよ)）奪回のために奮闘したので、国中の人が彼を尊敬したという。662年（天智天皇1）人質として日本にいた王子豊璋(ほうしょう)を王に迎え、百済再興を企てたが、形勢不利のまま翌663年、敵の讒者(ざんしゃ)の言を信じた豊璋王のために斬殺(ざんさつ)された。

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