Tokan-suku - The Ayano-tsuka of Yamato

Japanese: 東漢掬 - やまとのあやのつか

A court official in the late 5th century. Also written as Tsuka no Omi. According to the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki, he came from the Korean Peninsula with his father Achi no Omi during the reign of Emperor Ojin, claiming to be of Chinese descent, and was sent to Kure (an area in the Jiangnan region of China) with his father at the end of the reign, where he returned with some female craftsmen. He was also ordered to manage the pottery, saddle, painting, brocade, and translation departments of the Imakino Tehito (newly arrived handicraft craftsmen) who were sent as tribute from Baekje to the reign of Emperor Yūryaku.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

5世紀後半ころの廷臣。都加使主（つかのおみ）とも書く。《日本書紀》《古事記》の伝えによれば，応神朝に父の阿知使主（あちのおみ）とともに中国系と称して朝鮮半島から渡来し，同朝の末年に父とともに呉（くれ）(中国江南の地)の国に遣わされて縫織の工女を伴い帰った。また雄略朝に百済から貢上した今来才伎（いまきのてひと）(新来の手工業技術者)の陶部（すえつくり），鞍部（くらつくり），画部（えかき），錦部（にしごり），訳語（おさ）などの管理を命ぜられた。

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