Note 1 — Chapter V · EPOCH OF THE THREE KINGDOMS.—HIAKSAI.

Hiaksai had given Buddhism to Japan as early as 552 A.D., but opposition had prevented its spread, the temple was set on fire, and the images of Buddha thrown in the river. In 684 one Sayéki brought another image of Buddha from Corea, and Umako, son of Inamé, a minister at the mikado’s court, enshrined it in a chapel on his own grounds. He made Yeben and Simata, two Coreans, his priests, and his daughter a nun. They celebrated a festival, and henceforth Buddhism1 grew apace.