Otomo Muroya

A powerful figure in the Yamato government from the mid-5th century to the end of the 5th century. Son of Takemochi (Takemochi). Father of Katari (Katari) and Omono. However, in the Furuya Family Genealogy, he is said to have been the father of Kanamura, Omono, and Wakuko, and that Katari was the younger brother. According to the Nihon Shoki, he was first seen in the 11th year of the reign of Emperor Ingyaku, when he established the Fujiwara clan for Princess Sotooshi no Iratsume. He became the Daimuri (Great Minister) when Emperor Yuryaku ascended to the throne, and served as such for five generations until Emperor Buretsu. Following Yuryaku's last decree, he put down the rebellion of Prince Hoshikawa that arose after his death. The Nihon Shoki also records that he performed various other activities as a ruler. Muroya is a real person who lived during the rise of the Otomo clan, and is considered to have been a military commander and politician who directly served the royal authority and supported the Mononobe clan militarily. He is said to be the ancestor of the Otomo clan, as well as Saeki no Muraji (Sukune) and Saeki Atai.

[Kenkichi Kato]

"The Daifu System and the Clans Appointed by Daifu" by Kenkichi Kato (included in Yamato Government and Ancient Clans, 1991, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)

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5世紀中葉から末期にかけての大和政権の有力者。武以(たけもち)（健持）の子。談(かたり)（語）や御物(おもの)の父。ただし『古屋家家譜(ふるやけかふ)』では金村(かなむら)、御物、若古(わくこ)の父で、談は弟とされる。『日本書紀』によれば、允恭天皇(いんぎょうてんのう)11年に衣通郎姫(そとおしのいらつめ)のために藤原部(ふじわらべ)を定めたとあるのが初見。雄略天皇の即位時に大連(おおむらじ)となり、以後武烈天皇まで5代にわたり大連を歴任。雄略の遺詔により、その死後に生じた星川皇子の反乱を鎮定した。そのほか執政者としてさまざまの活動を行ったことが『日本書紀』にみえる。室屋は大伴氏台頭期の実在の人物で、王権に直属し、物部氏(もののべうじ)とともにこれを軍事的に支えた武将・政治家とみられる。大伴氏のほか佐伯(さえきのむらじ)（宿禰(すくね)）・佐伯直(あたい)らの祖と伝えられる。

［加藤謙吉］

『加藤謙吉著「大夫制と大夫選任氏族」（『大和政権と古代氏族』所収・1991・吉川弘文館）』

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