was a government minister during the

Kofun period The is an era in the history of Japan from about 300 to 538 AD (the date of the introduction of Buddhism), following the Yayoi period. The Kofun and the subsequent Asuka periods are sometimes collectively called the Yamato period. This period is ...

of ancient Japanese history.

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In 512, the king of the Korean kingdom of

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(called ''Kudara'' by the Japanese) requested to take control of four districts of the land of the

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(known to the Japanese as ''Mimana''). Arakabi was ordered by

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to report the emperor's consent, but at the advice of his wife feigned illness and claimed to be unable to make the journey. The legendary Japanese warrior queen

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was said to have conquered these lands for the

Yamato state The was a tribal alliance centered on the Yamato region (Nara Prefecture) from the 4th century to the 7th century, and ruled over the alliance of noble families in the central and western parts of the Japanese archipelago. The age is from th ...

some centuries earlier (around the years 200–300 CE), and Arakabi and his wife took this as a sign that the ''

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'' wished for these lands to be in Japanese hands. As minister, Arakabi led expeditions to fight off outside peoples, and also to repress the revolts of various rebellious elements within the Yamato state, such as Iwai, the governor of Tsukushi, whose revolt was repressed in 527.

References

*Papinot, Edmond (1910). "Arakabi." Historical and geographical dictionary of Japan. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha. Vol. 1 p. 402.

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Nihon Shoki
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People of the Kofun period 536 deaths Aristocracy of ancient Japan Year of birth unknown Mononobe clan {{Isonokami Faith

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