soga clan

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    The was one of the most powerful aristocratic kin groups (uji) of the Asuka period of the early Japanese state—the Yamato polity—and played a major role in the spread of Buddhism in Japan.

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    The (Japanese: 曾我氏, Soga-shi) a samurai family from Sagami Province descending from the Taira clan.