Waniuji - Waniuji

Japanese: 和珥氏 - わにうじ

An ancient powerful clan in Japan. Also written as Maruni, Wani, Maru, etc. A powerful clan of Yamato with the Omi family name who formed marriage ties with the Imperial family in the 5th and 6th centuries and produced many empresses. According to the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, the empresses of Emperors Suizei, Korei, Kaika, Ojin, Hanzei, Yuryaku, Ninken, Buretsu, Ankan, Kinmei, and Bidatsu were women of Wane clan descent, or princesses born to such empresses (for example, Princess Kasugano Yamada of Empress Ankan), and in this respect they produced even more empresses than the Katsuragi clan and Soga clan, which were similar powerful clans with the Omi family name.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

日本古代の豪族。丸邇，和邇，丸などとも記す。5,6世紀代の大王(天皇)家と姻戚関係を結び，多くの后妃を出した大和の臣（おみ）姓有力豪族。記紀によれば，綏靖，孝霊，開化，応神，反正，雄略，仁賢，武烈，安閑，欽明，敏達の各天皇の后妃に，和珥氏系出身の女性，またはその后妃が生んだ皇女(例えば安閑皇后の春日山田皇女)がなっており，この点で同様の臣姓豪族である葛城氏，蘇我氏よりもさらに多くの后妃を出している。

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