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[[File:IshibutaiBlueStairsScan3.jpg|thumb|right|Ishibutai [[kofun]] is considered likely to have been intended as the tomb of Soga no Umako]]

{{nihongo|'''Soga no Umako'''|蘇我 馬子||551? - June 19, 626<ref>June 19, 626 corresponds to the twentieth day of the fifth month of 626 ([[Sexagenary cycle|Heibo]]) of the traditional [[lunisolar calendar]] used in Japan until 1873</ref>}} was the son of [[Soga no Iname]] and a member of the powerful [[Soga clan]] of [[Japan]].

 

 

In the late 6th century, Soga no Umako went to great lengths to promote Buddhism in Japan. At that time, the Soga clan employed the immigrants from China and Korea, and obtained a high technology and knowledge. Soga no Umako, who made the acceptance of Buddhism, defeated [[Mononobe no Moriya]] in the [[Battle of Shigisan|Battle of Shigisen]], and secured Soga dominance. On January 15, 593, Relics of Buddha were deposited inside the foundation stone under the pillar of a pagoda at [[Asuka-dera]] (Hōkō-ji at the time), a temple which Umako ordered to construct, according to the Suiko section of [[Nihongi]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Aston, W. G. |title=Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times |publisher=Cosimo, Inc. |location=New York |year=2008 |pages= |isbn=978-1-60520-146-7 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref>

 

==Genealogy==