Brief introduction of naturalized persons

Naturalization refers to people and their descendants who immigrated to Japan from China or the Korean Peninsula in ancient Japan, also known as immigrants. In ancient Japan, there was a prominent surname, Qin, which mainly referred to naturalized people.

Many prominent Japanese families claim to be their descendants, such as Hattori and Changzong. Most of them claim to be the direct descendants of China celebrities such as Qin Shihuang, Xu Fu and Han Lingdi. And the long clan of our department was named the descendant of Gong Yuejun, the son of Qin Shihuang. There are many occupations of naturalized people in Japan, such as the mausoleum of the Japanese emperor, which was basically built by naturalized people, and Japanese Ninjutsu is the inheritance of naturalized people. Iga and Kaga also have many naturalized people. Naturalized people brought iron products, ceramics, textiles, metal technology and civil engineering to Japan. Also brought China's Chinese characters.