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This research inquires into the literature and politics of the Omi Dynasty (A.D. 667～672), which is regarded as 'a great transitional period' in the history of Japanese culture. The Omi Dynasty, which was established after the fall of Baekje, was a period in which Baekje's exiled intellectuals had a great influence on the history of Japanese culture and the development of the Ancient Japan through profound participation and activities in politics and literature of that time. Therefore, this paper examines the contributions to and the roles in the Omi Dynasty's literature and politics performed by the exiled intellectuals from Baekje, and explicates their influence on Japanese history and the cultural history of Japan and its meaning.
As a result, it is shown that in the political and social stability of the Omi Dynasty, the knowledge of the exiled intellectuals from Baekje, who were experts in administration, military tactics, law, education, medicine, Confucianism, the Yin-Yang, and Chinese literature, was greatly utilized in constructing the Ancient Japan. The exiled intellectuals especially played an active part in scholarship and literature. It was these exiled intellectuals with profound knowledge who took the responsibility of education necessary for training talented men in the first public school in Japan. Chinese literature became popular for the first time in Japan and the traditional Japanese poetry (the Manyoshu's Poem) was highly developed, and these were due to the Omi Dynasty's splendid court culture and literary atmosphere lead by the exiled intellectuals who had rich academic attainments. Therefore, it is possible to conclude that the Omi Dynasty's scholarship and literature were initiated and lead by Baekjae's exiled intellectuals, and the Omi Dynasty can be said to be a great transitional period in the history of Japanese literature as well as a decisive opportunity to bring about the development of Japanese literature and the Manyoshu's Poem.
Baekje's elegant and graceful culture was transplanted on a large scale in the Omi Dynasty, and the Dynasty was newly born politically, socially and timely with no similar cases in the history of Japan being found. Furthermore, Baekje's exiled intellectuals were active politically being able to practice advanced politics, which after all brought a turning point in Japanese history to develop greatly. Therefore, the significance of the Omi Dynasty's literature and politics toward the history of Japan and of its culture can be concluded as immense.