Komau-ji

Japanese: 高麗氏 - こまうじ

A clan of immigrants from royal families of Goguryeo. Descendants of people who fled to Japan and naturalized around the time of the fall of Goguryeo in 668. In 716 (Reiki 2), 1,799 Goguryeo people from the seven provinces of Suruga, Kai, Sagami, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, and Shimotsuke were relocated and Koma County was established in Musashi Province (around Hanno City and Hidaka Town in Saitama Prefecture). The founder of the Musashi Koma clan is said to be Wakamitsu, and in 703 (Taiho 3) he was given the surname of Omiya. The Koma clan, the head of Koma Shrine (Hidaka Town), has a family tree. The excavated Odera Temple and Takaoka Temple ruins are likely to be temples from the Nara and Heian periods built by the Koma clan.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

高句麗の王族級出身の渡来氏族。668年の高句麗の滅亡前後，日本に亡命，帰化した人々の子孫。716年(霊亀2)駿河，甲斐，相模，上総，下総，常陸，下野の7国の1799人の高句麗人を移して武蔵国に高麗（こま）郡が置かれた(埼玉県飯能市，日高町一帯)。武蔵高麗氏の始祖は若光といわれ，703年(大宝3)王姓を与えられた。高麗神社(日高町)社家高麗氏にはその系図が伝わる。発掘された大寺廃寺，高岡廃寺も高麗氏が造営した奈良･平安時代の寺院であろう。

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