New Chinese - Imaki no Ayahito

Japanese: 新漢人 - いまきのあやひと

A title given to some of the ancient naturalized people. Imaki means newcomer and can also be written as 今来. People who came to Japan in ancient times claiming to be of Chinese descent were generally called Han people (ayahito), but most of them lived on the Korean peninsula. Among them, those who lived until the latter half of the 5th century mainly brought with them the old Raku-ro culture originating from the Han and Wei dynasties, and became small clans of various professionals serving the imperial court with the arts and sciences of the continent, many of whom were organized under a single chain of command with the Yamato no Aya clan as Tomo no Miyatsuko during the reign of Emperor Yūryaku.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

古代帰化人の中の一部の称。〈いまき〉は新参の意で今来とも書く。古代に中国系と称して渡来した人々は一般に漢人（あやひと）と呼ばれたが，そのほとんどが朝鮮半島に居住していたものだった。その中で5世紀後半のころまでのものはおもに漢･魏を源流とする古い楽浪文化を伝え，大陸の学芸･技術をもって朝廷に仕える各種の専門職の小氏となり，その多くは雄略朝のころに東漢（やまとのあや）氏を伴造（とものみやつこ）とする一つの指揮系統の下に組織化された。

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