thumb|A mural of women in Goguryeo-style clothing on the western wall of the [[Takamatsuzuka Tomb (Kofun), believed to be depicting Toraijins from Goguryeo during the Asuka period.]] Toraijin () refers to the people who migrated to the Japan archipelago from the continent in ancient times, as well as their descendants. Up until the 1960s, these people were commonly called the "Kikajin ()", meaning "naturalized people", but beginning in the 1970s, the term was replaced by "Toraijin", meaning "people who have crossed over" as not all those who came to Japan became naturalized.
thumb|A mural of women in Goguryeo-style clothing on the western wall of the [[Takamatsuzuka Tomb (Kofun), believed to be depicting Toraijins from Goguryeo during the Asuka period.]] Toraijin () refers to the people who migrated to the Japan archipelago from the continent in ancient times, as well as their descendants. Up until the 1960s, these people were commonly called the "Kikajin ()", meaning "naturalized people", but beginning in the 1970s, the term was replaced by "Toraijin", meaning "people who have crossed over" as not all those who came to Japan became naturalized.
They arrived in Japan as early as the Jōmon period or Yayoi period, and their arrival became more significant from the end of the 4th century (Kofun period) to the late 7th century (Asuka period). During these periods, they introduced Confucianism, Buddhism, Chinese characters (Kanbun/Kanji), medicine, lunar calendar, and cultural practices such as Sue ware production and weaving to Japan. They were favored by the Yamato Imperial Court, and many were appointed to government positions.
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).