渡と来らい人じん

noun

immigrants from China and Korea in ancient Japan

Historical term referring to people who migrated from the continent to Japan during the Kofun and Asuka periods (roughly 4th–7th centuries), bringing advanced culture, technology, and political systems.

• 渡と来らい人じんは漢かん字じや仏ぶっ教きょうを日本にほんに伝つたえたとされる。

  It is said that the toraijin introduced kanji and Buddhism to Japan.

• 古こ墳ふん時じ代だいの渡と来らい人じんは土ど木ぼく技ぎ術じゅつにも優すぐれていた。

  The toraijin of the Kofun period were also skilled in civil engineering.