Nichira - Nichira

Japanese: 日羅 - にちら

Year of death: 12/12/30? (584/2/16)
Year of birth: Unknown
A Japanese Baekje official from the 6th century. Son of Aristo, a local powerful man in Kyushu. Appointed as a tatashi official during the reign of King Ideok of Baekje (554-597). In the 12th year of the reign of Emperor Bidatsu (583), he came to Japan with Baekje envoys at the summons of the Emperor who was planning to restore Mimana, which had been destroyed by Silla. He stayed in Kuwaichi, Ato, Kawachi (Osaka Prefecture), and answered the Emperor's inquiries. The contents of the inquiry were to work on strengthening the nation's power for three years, then prepare military forces, and summon the king, prince, or important person from Baekje to cooperate in the restoration of Mimana. He also spoke about how to respond to Baekje's spying on Kyushu. When the Baekje envoys returned home, they ordered their subordinates staying in Japan to assassinate him, and he was assassinated in Naniwa on the last day of December that year.

(Toshiaki Wakai)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：敏達12.12.30?(584.2.16)
生年：生年不詳
6世紀の日系の百済官人。九州の地方豪族火葦北国造阿利斯登の子。百済の威徳王代(554～597)に達率の官に任ぜられる。敏達12(583)年に,新羅に滅ぼされた任那の復興を図る天皇の召によって百済使と共に来日,河内(大阪府)阿斗の桑市に滞在して天皇の諮問に答えた。その内容は,3年間国力の充実に努め,そののち兵備を整えて,百済から国王あるいは王子,要人を召し,任那復興に協力させるというものであった。また百済が九州を窺うことへの対応についても述べた。百済使は帰国に際して日本に滞在する部下に彼の暗殺を命じ,その年の12月晦日に難波で暗殺されたという。

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