Yōrō Code

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Yōrō Code was a major 8th-century Japanese ritsuryō legal and administrative code that systematized government structure and social regulations during the Nara period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative code
legal code
ritsuryō code
alsoKnownAs Yōrō ritsuryō
appliesToPeriod Nara period
basedOn Taihō Code
codified corvée labor obligations
duties of officials
military conscription
penalties for crimes
population registration
ritual and ceremonial norms
country Japan
dateOfCompilation 718
eraOfCompilation Yōrō era
field legal history of Japan
followedBy later Heian administrative practices
genre law code
governmentTypeSupported centralized bureaucratic monarchy
hasPart ritsu (penal code)
ryō (administrative code)
historicalSignificance foundation of classical Japanese state law
systematized Nara-period state administration
implementedBy Daijō-daikan
surface form: Daijō-daikan (Great Council of State)

various ministries (shō)
influenced subsequent Japanese legal practice
influencedBy Tang Code
surface form: Tang dynasty legal code
language Classical Chinese
legalSystem ritsuryō system
namedAfter Yōrō era of Emperor Genshō
partOf ritsuryō system
surface form: ritsuryō system of Japan
placeOfCompilation Nara
preservationStatus partially extant
promulgatedInCentury 8th century
region East Asia
regulates administrative organization
bureaucratic ranks
civil law
court rituals
criminal law
government structure
land distribution
social regulations
taxation
timeInForce Nara period
Heian period
surface form: early Heian period
usedBy central government ministries
Imperial court of Japan (historically)
surface form: imperial court of Japan

provincial governments

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Nara period legalCode Yōrō Code
Tang Code influenced Yōrō Code
Taihō Code influenced Yōrō Code
Taihō Code replacedBy Yōrō Code