Editing Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (section)

==Ancestry==
According to the ''[[Shoku Nihongi]]'', an official historical record, the Sakanoue clan is descended from [[Emperor Ling of Han|Emperor Ling]] of the Chinese [[Han dynasty]].<ref>[[Shoku Nihongi]]　延暦四年六月の条:右衛士督従三位兼下総守坂上大忌寸苅田麿ら表を上りて言さく、「臣らは、本是れ[[Emperor Ling of Han|後漢霊帝]]の曾孫阿智王の後なり。漢の祚、魏に遷れるとき、阿智王、神牛の教に因りて、出でて帯方に行きて忽ち宝帯の瑞を得たり。</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=104465;type=101|title=Sakanoue no Karitamaro Drawing His Bow|publisher=[[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]|accessdate=April 2, 2011|archive-date=March 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324231254/http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=104465;type=101|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Sakanoue clan's [[family tree]] shows that Tamuramaro is a 14th-generation descendant of Emperor Ling.<ref>塙 保己一 [Hanawa hokii] 続群書類従 [Zoku Gunsho Ruiju Series] 従十八巻坂上系図 [Volume 18 Sakagami Clan's family tree]</ref> 
Other research traces the origins of the Sakanoue clan from the Asian mainland, possibly through [[Baekje]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/yosha/yr/nationalism/Reports_from_early_records.html |title=Yosha Research |access-date=April 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729043128/http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/yosha/yr/nationalism/Reports_from_early_records.html |archive-date=July 29, 2012 }}</ref>

The lack of extensive detail on Sakanoue no Tamuramaro’s life has led to a number of theories regarding aspects of his life, such as his birthplace, among others: 

* {{Interlanguage link|Legend of Sakanoue no Tamuramaro|ja|坂上田村麻呂伝説}}
* {{Interlanguage link|Tamura story|ja|田村語り}}
* That he was of {{Interlanguage link|Emishi origin|ja|坂上田村麻呂夷人説}}
* That he was {{Interlanguage link|born in Oshu|ja|坂上田村麻呂夷人説#坂上田村麻呂奥州誕生説}}