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Several [[Zainichi Koreans]] have been active on the Japanese literary scene starting in the latter half of the twentieth century.

== Philosophy ==▼

[[Edo Neo-Confucianism]] was based in substantial measure off Korean writings, especially the works of [[Yi Hwang]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Lee |first=Chong-sik |date=1985 |title=Japan and Korea: The Political Dimension |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=bzwZwDzFrrgC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=Yi%20Hwang&f=false |location=California, USA |publisher=Hoover Press |page=154 |isbn= |access-date=May 11, 2015}} by page 154</ref>

== Religion ==

During the [[Asuka Period]] of Japan, immigrant scholars, monks and communities from the Korean kingdom of [[Baekje]] brought Buddhism in their train,<ref>Jacques H. Kamstra, [https://books.google.it/books?id=NRsVAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA464 ''Encounter Or Syncretism: The Initial Growth of Japanese Buddhism,''] Brill Archive, 1967 p.464.</ref> and served both as teachers and as advisers to Japan's rulers.<ref name="Kodansha encyclopedia of Japan"/> In the traditional account, in 545, King [[Seong of Baekje]] is said to sent a Buddhist statue and copies of the Sanskrit scriptures to the Japanese court. Seven years later, in 552, he had a bronze statue cast, which, together with a stone statue of [[Maitreya]], and Buddhist sutras, he send to the ruler of Japan. The gift was accompanied by a letter advising that he adopt Buddhism as superior to Confucianism, since it was more broadly accepted in India, China and Baekje.<ref>James Huntley Grayson, [https://books.google.it/books?id=aX8eAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA27 ''Early Buddhism and Christianity in Korea: A Study in the Emplantation of Religion,''] BRILL, 1985 p.27.</ref> After the initial entrance of some craftsmen, scholars, and artisans from Baekje, [[Emperor Kimmei]] is said to have requested Korean men who were skilled in divination, calendar making, medicine and literature.<ref name="Mircea Eliade">Mircea Eliade, Charles J. Adams. The Encyclopedia of religion, Volume 9. Macmillan, 1987</ref> The origins of the [[Soga clan]], which played a major role in the introduction of Buddhism into Japan, are shrouded in obscurity. An unorthodox view, associated with Kadowaki Teiji (門脇禎二), argued that a certain Machi, whom he assumed was the clan's real founder, had been a Korean nobleman (Moku Machi) who emigrated to Japan around 475. What is generally accepted is that the Soga had close links, ancestral or otherwise, with the Paekje elite.<ref> Donald Fredrick McCallum, [https://books.google.it/books?id=OAyk-ObsD6sC&pg=PA19 ''The Four Great Temples: Buddhist Archaeology, Architecture, and Icons of Seventh Century Japan,''] University of Hawaii Press, 2009 pp.19f.</ref>

▲== Philosophy ==

[[Yi Hwang|Yi T'oegye]] had a high repute among [[Edo Neo-Confucianism|many neo-Confucian scholars]] of the Tokugawa period. <ref>Edward Y. J. Chung, [[Yi Hwang/T’oegye]] [https://books.google.it/books?id=ZIuQgtZd4FAC&pg=PA22 ''The Korean Neo-Confucianism of Yi T'oegye and Yi Yulgok: A Reappraisal of the 'Four-Seven Thesis' and its Practical Implications for Self-Cultivation,''] SUNY Press, 1995 p.22</ref>

== Law ==

Korean influence on Japanese laws is also attributed to the fact that Korean immigrants were on committees that drew up law codes. There were Chinese immigrants who were also an integral part in crafting Japan's first laws. Eight of the 19 members of the committee drafting the Taihō Code were from Korean immigrant families while none were from China proper. Furthermore, the structuring of local administrative districts and the tribute tax are based on Korean models.<ref>{{cite book| url=http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0824820304&id=dCNioYQ1HfsC&vq=yamato+paekche&dq=kofun+tumuli+korea&lpg=PA104&pg=PA105&sig=3Me7_8p9Tdh1KAYJFUpG7L-Q8ho| title=Sacred Texts and Buried Treasures: Issues on the Historical Archaeology of Ancient Japan| first=William Wayne| last=Farris| pages=105| isbn=0-8248-2030-4| publisher=University of Hawaii Press}}</ref>