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Gaya confederacy

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Gaya
(Hanja)
가야 (Hangul)
42–562
Map showing the approximate location of selected Gaya polities.
Map showing the approximate location of selected Gaya polities.
Common languagesGaya
Religion
Buddhism, Shamanism
GovernmentConfederation
• 42–199
Suro
(first, Geumgwan)
• ?-562
Doseolji
(last, Dae)
Historical eraAncient
• Establishment
42
• Submission to Silla
562
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Byeonhan confederacy
Silla
Baekje
Today part ofSouth Korea
Gaya confederacy
Duck-shaped pottery from Gaya, 5th or 6th century.
Korean name
Hangul
가야
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGaya
McCune–ReischauerKaya

Gaya (Korean: 가야, Hanja: 倻, Korean pronunciation: [ka.ja]) was a Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea,[1] growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period.

The traditional period used by historians for Gaya chronology is AD 42–532. According to archaeological evidence in the third and fourth centuries some of the city-states of Byeonhan evolved into the Gaya confederacy, which was later annexed by Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. The individual polities that made up the Gaya confederacy have been characterized as small city-states.[2] The material culture remains of Gaya culture mainly consist of burials and their contents of mortuary goods that have been excavated by archaeologists. Archaeologists interpret mounded burial cemeteries of the late third and early fourth centuries such as Daeseong-dong in Gimhae and Bokcheon-dong in Busan as the royal burial grounds of Gaya polities.[3]

Names

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Although most commonly referred to as Gaya (가야; 耶, 伽耶かや, とぎ倻; [kaja]), probably due to the imprecision of transcribing Korean words into hanja, historical sources use a variety of names, including Garak (가락; らく, 迦落; [kaɾak]), Gara (가라; , 伽羅きゃら, 迦羅, 柯羅; [kaɾa]), Garyang (가량;りょう; [kaɾjaŋ]), and Guya (구야; いぬ耶; [kuja]).[4] According to Christopher I. Beckwith, "The spelling Kaya is the modern Korean reading of the characters used to write the name; the pronunciation /kara/ (transcriptionally *kala) is certain."[5]

In Japanese, Gaya is often referred to as Mimana (にん), a name with considerable present-day political connotations. However, another word called "Kara (から)" was used when alluding to ancient Korea, a word that is believed to have derived from the alternate spelling of Gaya, Gara () which is now represented by three separate characters: かん, かん and から in kun'yomi. It is thought that the meaning of "Korea" was initially preserved in Japanese in the word "Kara" which later expanded to include "China, then mainland East Asia" and, more recently, an even more vague sense of "the nations overseas or foreign countries".[6]

Languages

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Linguists, including Vovin and Janhunen, suggest that Japonic languages were spoken in large parts of the southern Korean Peninsula. According to Vovin, these "Peninsular Japonic languages" were replaced by Koreanic-speakers (possibly belonging to the Han-branch).[7][8]

The later Gaya language likely belonged to the Koreanic Han languages.

The genetic diversity in the Gaya Kingdom region is linked to Jomon-related ancestry.[9]

History

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According to a legend written in the Samguk Yusa in the 13th century, six eggs descended from heaven in the year AD 42 with a message that they would be kings. Six boys were born and matured within 12 days. One of them, named Suro, became the king of Geumgwan Gaya, and the other five founded the remaining five Gayas: Daegaya, Seongsan Gaya, Ara Gaya, Goryeong Gaya, and Sogaya.[10]

The Gaya polities evolved out of the chiefly political structures of the twelve tribes of the ancient Byeonhan confederacy, one of the Samhan confederacies. The loosely organized chiefdoms resolved into six Gaya groups, centered on Geumgwan Gaya. Based on archaeological sources and the limited written records, scholars have identified the late 3rd century as a period of transition from Byeonhan to Gaya, noting increasing military activity and changing funerary customs. This transition was also associated with the replacement of the previous elite in some principalities (including Daegaya) by elements from the Buyeo kingdom, which brought a more militaristic ideology and style of rule.[11][12]

After the Eight Port Kingdoms War(浦上うらかみはちこく らん)(209~212) between Silla and Gaya, Gaya was influenced by Silla's southeast peninsular hegemony, but diplomatically utilized the influence of Japan and Baekje to maintain independence. The Gaya Confederacy disintegrated under pressure from Goguryeo between 391 and 412, although the last Gaya polities remained independent until they were conquered by Silla in 562, as punishment for assisting Baekje in a war against Silla.

In 529, Silla destroyed Takgitan Gaya(ついばめおのれ呑國) under the pretext of its alliance with Daegaya and took half of Taksun Gaya(たくじゅんこく)'s territory. This led Daegaya to distrust the Gaya and begin uniting around the Ara Gaya, which was maintaining a strong power. In order to escape interference between Baekje and Silla in Gaya, the Ara Gaya invited Silla, Baekje, and Japan to hold the Anra Conference(あん會議かいぎ). Although they wanted to pressure Silla through the meeting to rebuild the Takgitan Gaya(ついばめおのれ呑國) and raise the international status of Anra, Baekje preferred strong diplomacy and Silla was not interested in it. Although Japan was pro-Anra Gaya, it was unable to help due to internal problems.[13][14][15]

In 541 and 544, Baekje led the Sabi Conferences(泗沘會議かいぎ), which were participated in by seven countries including Ara and Imna. However, Ara still did not fully trust in Baekje. As a result of the conference, Gaya attacked Goguryeo alongside the Silla-Baekje alliance and acquired Seoul. In this attack, Baekje was betrayed by Silla and Gaya was also absorbed by Silla.[16][17]

Economy

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Polities were situated in the alluvial flats of tributary river valleys and the mouth of the Nakdong. In particular, the mouth of the Nakdong has fertile plains, direct access to the sea, and rich iron deposits. Gaya polities had economies that were based on agriculture, fishing, casting, and long-distance trade. They were particularly known for its iron-working, as Byeonhan had been before it. Gaya polities exported abundant quantities of iron ore, iron armor, and other weaponry to Baekje and the Kingdom of Wa.[18] In contrast to the largely commercial and non-political ties of Byeonhan, Gaya polities seem to have attempted to maintain strong political ties with those kingdoms as well.

Politics

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Several ancient historical records list a number of polities of Gaya. For example, Goryeo Saryak (고려사략; 高麗こうらいりゃく) lists five: Geumgwan Gaya, Goryeong Gaya, Bihwa Gaya, Ara Gaya, and Seongsan Gaya.

Traditionally, the Gaya Confederacy enjoyed good relations with Japan and Baekje, such as when the three states allied against Goguryeo and Silla in the Goguryeo-Wa War. Records indicate Gaya would alongside Baekje regularly send economical, cultural, and technological aid to Japan in exchange for military and political aid, as the Yamato court desired technological progress and cultural advancement while Baekje and the Gaya states desired Japan's military aid in their wars against Silla and Goguryeo.[19]

The various Gaya polities formed a confederacy in the 2nd and 3rd centuries that was centered on the heartland of Geumgwan Gaya in modern Gimhae. After a period of decline, the confederacy was revived around the turn of the 5th and 6th centuries, this time centered on Daegaya of modern Goryeong. However, it was unable to defend itself against the incursions and attacks of the neighboring kingdom of Silla. Eventually, all of the Gaya Confederacy were absorbed into Silla.[20]

After the fall of the Gaya Confederacy, many of the nobility and elite of the confederated states were integrated into the ranks of Silla's bone-rank system including the royal houses of the defeated Gaya Confederacy.[21] One such example was the Sillan General Kim Yu-sin who played a critical role in the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Kim was the great-grandchild of King Guhae of Geumgwan Gaya, the last ruler of the Geumgwan Gaya state. As a result, Kim was given the rank of "true bone" which was the second highest rank one could attain, in part because the royal family of Geungwan Gaya, the Gimhae Kim clan were intermarried with the Gyeongju Kim clan, which was a prominent noble house in Silla.[22]

Member statelets

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Mimana/Imna controversy

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Political and trade relations with Japan have been a source of controversy in both Korea and Japan. Japanese publicists during the twentieth century looked to the Nihon Shoki, which claims that Gaya (named "Mimana" also "Kara" in Japanese) was a military outpost of Japan during the Yamato period (300–710). While there is no evidence to support this, the claim has nonetheless been advocated at various times by Japanese imperialists, nationalists and press to justify the Japanese colonial rule of Korea between 19th and 20th centuries.[23][24]

Archaeological evidence suggests that Gaya polities were the main exporter of technology and culture to Kyushu at that time. The theory of a Japanese outpost is widely rejected in Korea and Japan as there was no Japanese local groups at the time that had a strong enough military power to conquer Gaya or any other part of Korea.[25][26] The technology of Gaya was more advanced than that of the Japanese dynasties of the time.[25][26]

Though this theory has been largely refuted since the 1970s, it remains a sensitive and re-occurring issue in modern-day.

In 2010, a joint study group of historians sponsored by the governments of Japan and South Korea agreed that Gaya had never been militarily colonized by ancient Japan.[27]

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See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ (2001). Kaya. In The Penguin Archaeology Guide, edited by Paul Bahn, pp. 228–229. Penguin, London.
  2. ^ Barnes, Gina L. (2001). Introducing Kaya History and Archaeology. In State Formation in Korea: Historical and Archaeological Perspectives, pp. 179–200. Curzon, London.
  3. ^ Barnes 2001:188–198.
  4. ^ Barnes 2001:182-184.
  5. ^ Beckwith, Christopher (2009). Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present. NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-691-13589-2.
  6. ^ 『デジタル大辞泉だいじせん』 "Digital Daijisen" (by 小学館しょうがくかん/SHOGAKUKAN) at Goo Dictionary
  7. ^ Janhunen, Juha (2010). "Reconstructing the language map of prehistorical Northeast Asia". Studia Orientalia 108 (2010). ... there are strong indications that the neighbouring Baekje state (in the southwest) was predominantly Japonic-speaking until it was linguistically Koreanized.
  8. ^ Vovin, Alexander (2013). "From Koguryo to Tamna: Slowly riding to the South with speakers of Proto-Korean". Korean Linguistics. 15 (2): 222–240.
  9. ^ Gelabert, Pere; Blazyte, Asta; Chang, Yongjoon; Fernandes, Daniel M.; Jeon, Sungwon; Hong, Jin Geun; Yoon, Jiyeon; Ko, Youngmin; Oberreiter, Victoria; Cheronet, Olivia; Özdoğan, Kadir T. (2022-06-21). "Northeastern Asian and Jomon-related genetic structure in the Three Kingdoms period of Gimhae, Korea". Current Biology. 32 (15): 3232–3244.e6. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.004. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 35732180. S2CID 249896345.
  10. ^ Barnes 2001:180-182.
  11. ^ Sin, K.C. (2000). Relations between Kaya and Wa in the third to fourth centuries. Journal of East Asian Archaeology 2(3–4), 112–122.
  12. ^ This is presumed because of the confusion caused by a series of displaced peoples southward movements following the invasion of Wei in 242, invasion of the Xianbei in 285, the fall of lelang in 313
  13. ^ 日本書紀にほんしょき(Nihon Shoki) まきだいじゅうなな なんだい天皇てんのう つぎたい天皇てんのう > つぎたい天皇てんのう 23ねん 3がつ > これがつ, 近江おうみしん, 使つかい于安. みことのりすすむしん, さらけんみなみ㖨己呑. 百濟遣將軍君尹貴麻那甲背麻鹵等, 往赴やす, しき詔勅しょうちょく. しん, おそれやぶしげるこくかん, 大人おとな, 而遣おっとさとし奈麻れい奚奈あされいとう, 往赴やす, しき詔勅しょうちょく. 於是, あんしんおこり高堂こうどう, 引昇勅使ちょくし. 國主こくしゅずいのぼりかい. くに大人おとな, あずかのぼりどうしゃいち. 百濟くだら使將軍しょうぐんくんとう, ざい於堂. 凡すうがつ再三さいさん, 謨謀乎堂じょう. 將軍しょうぐんくんとう, 恨在にわ焉.
    In March, 近江おうみもうしん was dispatched as an envoy to Anra, and the emperor ordered Silla to rebuild Southern Garas and Takgitan. Baekje dispatched generals "くんいんたか","あさかぶと" and "あさ鹵" to Anra for orders. Because Silla destroyed the government houses in the country, it did not send those in high rank officer, but sent "おっとさとし奈麻れい" and "奚奈あされい" to Anra to hear orders. At this time, Anra made a new "godang(高堂こうどう)" and made them go up to the royal temple. The king of Anra followed up the stairs, and one or two people with a high official rank of Anra climbed above, but Baekje's general "くん" was below. Since the meeting was held on the party floor for many months, General "くん" felt bad for what was below.
  14. ^ 백승옥. 2004, "やす高堂こうどう會議かいぎ'의 성격과 あんこく의 위상", 지역과 역사, vol.0, no.14 pp.7-39.
  15. ^ : The Nature of 'Anragodang Conference(あん高堂こうどう會議かいぎ)' and the Position of AnraGuk(あんこく)
  16. ^ 日本書紀にほんしょき(Nihon Shoki) まきだいじゅうきゅう 天國てんごくはいひらけこうにわ天皇てんのう 欽明天皇てんのう > 欽明天皇てんのう 2ねん 4がつ > なつよんがつ. やすひでり岐夷呑奚·だいまご·ひさしやわ, うえ首位しゅい古殿ふるとの奚, そつあさひでり岐, はん奚旱岐兒, ひでり岐夷, 斯岐旱岐兒, ひでり岐等, あずかにん日本にっぽん吉備きびしん[闕名字みょうじ.], 往赴ひゃくすみ, 俱聽詔書しょうしょ. 百濟聖明王謂任那旱岐等言, 日本にっぽん天皇てんのうしょみことのりしゃ, ぜん以復たてつとむ. いまようなんさく, おこりたてつとむ. 盍各盡忠じんちゅう, たてまつてんせいふところ. にんひでり岐等たい曰, まえ再三さいさんまわり, あずかしん. 而無こたえほう. ところむね, さらつげしん, 尙無しょ ほう. いまむべ俱遣使, 往奏天皇てんのう. おっとたてつとむしゃ, 爰在大王だいおう. 祇承きょうむね. だれ敢間ごと. しかにんさかいせっしん. おそれ致卓じゅんとう[とういい㖨己呑·. げんたくじゅんとうこく, ゆう敗亡はいぼうわざわい.]. せい明王みょうおう曰, むかしわが先祖せんぞそくいにしえおう·くびおう, あん··たくじゅんひでり岐等, はつ使つかいしょうどおり, あつゆい親好しんこう. 以爲子弟してい, 冀可つね たかし. 而今誑新, 使つかい天皇てんのう忿怒ふんど, 而任いきどお恨, 寡人也. わがふか懲悔, 而遣下部かぶ中佐ちゅうさひらあさ鹵·じょうかたかぶと昧奴とう, 赴加, かい于任日本にっぽん府相ふそうめい. 以後いご, 繫念相續そうぞく, たてつとむ, 旦夕たんせき忘. こん天皇てんのうみことのりたたえ, はやたてつとむ. よし, よくどもしか曹謨けい, 樹立じゅりつにんとうこく. むべぜん. また於任さかい, しるし召新, とい聽與. 乃俱遣使, 奏聞そうもん天皇てんのう, きょううけたまわ示敎しきょう. 儻如使じんかえこれさい, しんこうすき, おかせ逼任, わがとう往救. 不足ふそくため. しかぜん守備しゅび, 謹警忘. べつなんじしょ噵, おそれ致卓じゅんとう, しんつよゆえ, ところのうため也. 其㖨おのれ呑, あずかしんさかいぎわ, 而被連年れんねんおさむはい. にん無能むのう救援きゅうえん. よしほろび. 其南, 蕞爾狹小きょうしょう, 不能ふのうそつ備, 不知ふちしょたく. よしほろび. 其卓あつし, 上下じょうげ携貳. おもほし, 內應しん. よしほろび. よし斯而かん, さんこくはい, りょうゆう以也. むかししん請援於高うらら, 而攻げきにんあずか百濟くだら, 尙不剋之. しんやすしどくめつにん乎. こん寡人, あずかなんじ戮力幷心, かげよりゆき天皇てんのう, にん必起. よし贈物おくりものかくゆう. 忻忻而還.
    1st Sabi Conference in Emperor Kinmei 2year April (AD 541)
  17. ^ 日本書紀にほんしょき(Nihon Shoki) まきだいじゅうきゅう 天國てんごくはいひらけこうにわ天皇てんのう 欽明天皇てんのう > 欽明天皇てんのう 5ねん 11月 > 十一月じゅういちがつ, 百濟くだら使つかい, 召日本にっぽんしん·にん執事しつじ曰, あさ天皇てんのう, 奈率とくぶん·もとぜい奈率 あさ·物部ものべ奈率 とう, かえ日本にっぽん. こん日本にっぽんしん及任こく執事しつじ, むべ來聽らいちょうみことのり, どうにん. 日本にっぽん吉備きびしん, あんひでり岐大まご·ひさしやわ, うえ首位しゅい古殿ふるとの奚·そつあさくん·斯岐君·はん奚君, 首位しゅい訖乾さとし, ひでり岐, ひさ嗟旱岐, 仍赴ひゃくずみ. 於是, 百濟くだらおうひじりあきら, りゃく以詔しょしめせ曰, われ奈率わたるあさ·奈率おのれれん·奈率よう とう, あさ日本にっぽん. みことのり曰, はやたてつとむ. また津守つもりれん奉勅ほうちょく, といなりにん. 召之. とうふくなん如, のうたてつとむ. 請各ひねはかりごと. 吉備きびしん·にんひでり岐等曰, おっとたてつとむこく, ただざい大王だいおう. よく冀遵おう, 俱奏聽勅. せい明王みょうおういい曰, にんくに, あずかわれひゃくすみ, いにしえ以來いらい, やくため子弟してい. こん日本にっぽんしるし岐彌[いい在任ざいにん日本にっぽんしんめい也.], すんで討新, さらはたわが. またらく聽新虛誕きょたん謾語也. おっとしるし岐彌於任しゃ, ほん侵害しんがい其國[しょう.], 往古おうこらいいま, しん無道むどう. 食言しょくげんたがえしんじ, 而滅たくじゅん. 股肱ここうくに, よくかいかえし悔. 召到, 俱承おんみことのり, よく冀, きょうつぎにんくに, なお如舊, ながため兄弟きょうだい. 竊聞, しんやすし, 兩國りょうこくさかい, ゆう大江おおえすい. 要害ようがい也. われよくよりどころ此, 修繕しゅうぜんろくしろ. 謹請天皇てんのうさんせん兵士へいし, まいじょうたかし以五ひゃく, 幷我兵士へいし, 勿使作田さくた, 而逼惱者, 久禮くれさん五城ごじょう, 庶自とうへいくだくび. たくじゅんくに, またふくとうきょう. ところ請兵, われきゅうころも粮. よくそう天皇てんのう, 其策一也かずや. なお於南かん, おけぐんれい·城主じょうしゅしゃ, あによく違背いはい天皇てんのう, 遮斷しゃだんみつぎ調ちょうみち. ただ庶, 剋濟多難たなん, 殲撲强敵きょうてき. 凡厥きょうとう, だれはかりごと. きたてき强大きょうだい, 我國わがくに微弱びじゃく. わかおけみなみかん, ぐんりょう·城主じょうしゅ, 修理しゅうり防護ぼうご, 不可ふか以禦此强てき. また不可ふか以制しん. なおおけこれ, おさむ逼新, なでそんにん. わかなんじしゃ, おそれ滅亡めつぼう, とくあさ聘. よくそう天皇てんのう, 其策也. 又吉またよし備臣·かわ內直·うつり斯·あさ, なお在任ざいにんこくしゃ, 天皇てんのう雖詔たてしげるにん, 不可ふかとく也. 請, うつりよんにん, かくかえ其本邑. そう天皇てんのう, 其策三也みつや. むべあずか日本にっぽんしん·にんひでり岐等, 俱奉使つかい, どうそう天皇てんのう, 乞聽おんみことのり. 於是, 吉備きびしん·ひでり岐等曰, 大王だいおうしょじゅつさんさく, またきょうじょう而已. こんねがい, かえり以敬はか日本にっぽん大臣だいじん[いい在任ざいにん日本にっぽん大臣だいじん也.] あんおう·おう, 俱遣使どうそう天皇てんのう. 此誠千載せんざいいちかいこれ, ふかおもえ而熟けい歟.
    2nd Sabi Conference in Emperor Kinmei 5year November (544)
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