Before the Taihō Code was established, the capital was customarily moved after the death of an emperor because of the ancient belief that a place of death was polluted. Reforms and bureaucratization of government led to the establishment of a permanent imperial capital at Heijō-kyō, or Nara, in AD 710. The capital at Nara, which gave its name to the new period, was styled after the grand Chinese Tang Dynasty (618–907) capital at Chang'an and was the first truly urban center in Japan. It soon had a population of 200,000, representing nearly 4 per cent ...

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Some of Japan's literary monuments were written during the Nara period, including the Kojiki and Nihon shoki, the first national histories, compiled in 712 and 720 respectively; the Man'yōshū (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves), an anthology of poems; and the Kaifūsō (Fond Recollections of Poetry), an anthology written in Chinese by Japanese emperors and princes. Another major cultural development of the era was the permanent establishment of Buddhism in Japan. Buddhism had been introduced in the sixth century but ha ...

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The history of Buddhism in Japan can be roughly divided into three periods, namely the Nara period (up to 784), the Heian period (794-1185) and the post-Kamakura period (1185 onwards). Each period saw the introduction of new doctrines and upheavals in existing schools. Buddhism in Japan - Early Chinese accounts. In 467 CE, according to the Chinese historic treatise Liang Shu, five monks from Gandhara traveled to the country of Fusang (Chinese: 扶桑, Jp: Fusō: "The country of the extreme East" beyo ...

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• Buddhism in Japan - Kegon
• Buddhism in Japan - Heian Period
• Buddhism in Japan - Tendai
• Buddhism in Japan - Shingon
• Buddhism in Japan - Kamakura to Modern Period
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The history of Buddhism in Japan can be roughly divided into three periods, namely the Nara period (up to 784), the Heian period (794-1185) and the post-Kamakura period (1185 onwards). Each period saw the introduction of new doctrines and upheavals in existing schools. Buddhism in Japan - Early Chinese accounts. In 467 CE, according to the Chinese historic treatise Liang Shu, five monks from Gandhara traveled to the country of Fusang (Chinese: 扶桑, Jp: Fusō: "The country of the extreme East" beyo ...

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Kōfuku-ji (Japanese: 興福寺) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nara, in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The head temple of the Hossō sect, it traces its origin to the Yamashina quarter of Kyoto. That temple was moved first to Fujiwara, and then to the permanent capital at Nara at the beginning of the Nara period in 710. Kōfuku-ji, along with several Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, the remains of the Heijō Palace, and other sites in Nara, received the distinc ...

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Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period – Kofun period – Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period – Kemmu restoration Muromachi period – North-South Court – Warring States period Azuchi-Momoyama period – Nanban trade period Edo period – Late Tokugawa shogunate Meiji period Taishō period – Japan in WWI Shōwa period – Japanese expansionism – Occupied Japan � ...

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Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period – Kofun period – Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period – Kemmu restoration Muromachi period – North-South Court – Warring States period Azuchi-Momoyama period – Nanban trade period Edo period – Late Tokugawa shogunate Meiji period Taishō period – Japan in WWI Shōwa period – Japanese expansionism – Occupied Japan � ...

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Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period – Kofun period – Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period – Kemmu restoration Muromachi period – North-South Court – Warring States period Azuchi-Momoyama period – Nanban trade period Edo period – Late Tokugawa shogunate Meiji period Taishō period – Japan in WWI Shōwa period – Japanese expansionism – Occupied Japan � ...

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Events August 31 - Paul IV abdicates as Patriarch of Constantinople December 25 - Tarasius elected Patriarch of Constantinople The Japanese capital moved away from Nara. End of the Nara period. Births February 4 - Hrabanus Maurus, German poet Deaths Category: 784 ...

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This article is about a Japanese historical era. For the town, see Yayoi, Oita.. Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period – Kofun period – Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period – Kemmu restoration Muromachi period – North-South Court – Warring States period Azuchi-Momoyama period – Nanban trade period Edo period – Late Tokugawa shoguna ...

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710 - Events. End of the Asuka period, the second and last part of the Yamato period and beginning of the Nara period in Japan. Founding of the Muslim Kingdom of Nekor in Morocco. Muslim army invited into Ceuta by its governor, Count Julian, who, being an opponent of Roderick, encourages them to invade the Iberian peninsula. The first (wooden) Al-Aqsa Mosque is finished. Roderick deposes Achila to become king of the Visigoths. 710 - DeathsIncluding:

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Nara can refer to: Nara prefecture, part of the Kansai region of central Honshu, Japan Nara is the city of Nara Prefecture, Japan The Nara Period of the History of Japan Nara is a major Manchu clan. The Hūlun Four States (Hada, Ula, Hoifa, Yehe) were ruled by this clan. Hada Nara and Ula Nara share the ancestor. Yehe Nara originated in the Mongols but took over this clan. Hoifa Nara came from the Ikderi clan. Empress Dowager Cixi was from the Yehe Nara clan. Nara is

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The Ritsu (律宗) school of Buddhism is one of the six schools of Nara Buddhism in Japan, noted for its use of the Vinaya textual framework of the Dharmaguptaka, one of the early schools of Buddhism. The Ritsu school was founded in Japan by the blind Chinese priest Chien-chen, better known by his Japanese name "Ganjin." Ganjin traveled to Japan at the request of Japanese priests, and established the Toshodaiji temple in Nara. During the Kamakura period, the Ritsu sect was divided into schools at Toshodaiji, Kaidan'in, Saidaiji, and S ...

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A biwa (琵琶) is a Japanese short-necked fretted lute, and a close variant of the Chinese pipa. The biwa is the chosen instrument of Benten, the White Snake Goddess of Japan's Shinto religion. Biwa - History. The biwa reached Japan from China during the Nara Period (710-759 AD), and five instruments from that time are kept in the Shōsōin, the national treasure house of Japan. One of them is decorated with Central Asian themes, including a camel. Wandering biwa players, similar to minstrels, were known a ...

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The introduction of Buddhism to Japan is securely dated to 552, when Baekje monks from the Korean peninsula came to Nara to introduce the eight doctrinal schools. Initial uptake of the new faith was slow, and Buddhism only started to spread some years later when Empress Suiko openly encouraged the acceptance of Buddhism among all Japanese people. In 607, in order to obtain copies of Sutras, an imperial envoy was dispatched to Sui dynasty China. As time progressed and the number of Buddhist clergy increased, the offices of Sojo (archbishop) and Sozu (bishop) were created. By 627 there were 46 Buddhist temples, 816 ...

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See Heijo Palace and Nara period for ancient history. Nara was the capital of Japan during most of the Nara period, from 710 to 784. The captal was then relocated to Nagaoka-kyō in Yamashiro Province, before being moved to Heian-kyō in 794, the start of the Heian Period. In the modern age, as the seat of the prefectural government, Nara has developed into a local center of commerce and government. The city was officia ...

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The early Yamato period had seen a continual engagement in Korean Peninsula until Japan finally withdrew, along with the remaining forces of the Baekje Kingdom. Several battles occurred in these periods as the Emperor's succession gained importance. By the Nara period, Honshu was completely under the control of the Yamato clan. Near the end of the Heian period, samurai became a powerful political force, thus starting the feudal period.

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