Nara period

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historical period period of Japanese history

The Nara period was an era of early Japanese history (710–794) marked by the establishment of a permanent capital at Nara, the flourishing of Buddhism and Chinese-influenced court culture, and the compilation of foundational chronicles and legal codes.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Nara period canonical	58
Nara period Japan	1
Ritsuryō state	1
Taihō era	1
Tenpyō	1
Tenpyō era	1
奈良時代	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ period of Japanese history ⓘ
architectureStyle	Buddhist temple architecture ⓘ
capital	Heijō Palace ⓘ surface form: Heijō-kyō Nara ⓘ
chronicle	Kojiki ⓘ Nihon Shoki ⓘ Shoku Nihongi ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalDevelopment	development of Japanese literature ⓘ spread of Buddhist art and sculpture ⓘ
dominantCulture	Chinese-influenced court culture ⓘ
economicActivity	wet-rice agriculture ⓘ
economicPolicy	handen shūju land distribution system ⓘ
endTime	794 ⓘ
eraNameInJapanese	Nara period self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 奈良時代
followedBy	Heian period ⓘ
follows	Yamato period ⓘ surface form: Asuka period
foreignRelations	Balhae ⓘ Silla ⓘ Tang dynasty ⓘ surface form: Tang China
governmentForm	ritsuryō state ⓘ
legalCode	Taihō Code ⓘ Yōrō Code ⓘ
namedAfter	Nara ⓘ
notableEmperor	Emperor Kanmu ⓘ Emperor Monmu ⓘ Emperor Shōmu ⓘ Empress Genmei ⓘ Empress Genshō ⓘ Empress Genshō ⓘ surface form: Empress Kōken
notableMonk	Ganjin (Jianzhen) ⓘ Gyōki ⓘ
notableSite	Kasuga Taisha ⓘ Kōfuku-ji ⓘ Tōdai-ji ⓘ Tōshōdai-ji ⓘ Yakushi-ji ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Shinto ⓘ
significantEvent	casting of Great Buddha of Nara (Daibutsu) ⓘ compilation of Kojiki ⓘ compilation of Nihon Shoki ⓘ construction of Tōdai-ji ⓘ establishment of permanent capital at Heijō-kyō ⓘ establishment of provincial temples (kokubunji system) ⓘ flourishing of Buddhism as state religion ⓘ promulgation of Yōrō Code ⓘ
startTime	710 ⓘ
writingSystem	classical Chinese ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Yamato → notablePeriod → Nara period ⓘ

Heian period → precededBy → Nara period ⓘ

Nara → eraAssociatedWith → Nara period ⓘ

Hachiman → worshipPeriod → Nara period ⓘ

Man'yōshū → compilationPeriod → Nara period ⓘ

Imperial tombs → timePeriod → Nara period ⓘ

Nara period → eraNameInJapanese → Nara period self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 奈良時代

Fushimi Inari Taisha → foundedInPeriod → Nara period ⓘ

Yamato polity → foundationFor → Nara period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ritsuryō state

Emperor Kanmu → period → Nara period ⓘ

Daijō-daijin → usedInPeriod → Nara period ⓘ

Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara → periodRepresented → Nara period ⓘ

Tōdai-ji → associatedWith → Nara period ⓘ

Kōfuku-ji → AshuraStatuePeriod → Nara period ⓘ

Kōfuku-ji → historicalPeriodOfFlourishing → Nara period ⓘ

Heijō Palace → locatedInTimePeriod → Nara period ⓘ

Yakushi-ji → relocationPeriod → Nara period ⓘ

Tōshōdai-ji → associatedWith → Nara period ⓘ

Tōshōdai-ji → era → Nara period ⓘ

Nihon Shoki → compiledInPeriod → Nara period ⓘ

Old Japanese → era → Nara period ⓘ

Yamato Plateau → timePeriodOfProminence → Nara period ⓘ

Ō no Yasumaro → era → Nara period ⓘ

Shimotsumaki → compiledIn → Nara period ⓘ

Imperial court of Japan (historically) → periodOfProminence → Nara period ⓘ

subject surface form: Imperial court of Japan

Naniwa-no-Miya Palace Site → locatedInPeriod → Nara period ⓘ

Usa Jingū → historicalPeriodOfFlourishing → Nara period ⓘ

Empress Genmei → era → Nara period ⓘ

Man'yōgana → timePeriod → Nara period ⓘ

sedōka → floruit → Nara period ⓘ

bussokusekika → periodOfOrigin → Nara period ⓘ

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro → era → Nara period ⓘ

Ōtomo no Yakamochi → period → Nara period ⓘ

Ōtomo no Yakamochi → era → Nara period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tenpyō era

Ōtomo no Tabito → period → Nara period ⓘ

Yamabe no Akahito → literaryPeriod → Nara period ⓘ

Yamanoue no Okura → period → Nara period ⓘ

Nara Basin → eraOfProminence → Nara period ⓘ

Hieizan Enryaku-ji temple complex → foundingEra → Nara period ⓘ

subject surface form: Hieizan Enryaku-ji

Japanese Buddhism → historicalPeriodOfFormation → Nara period ⓘ

Enryaku-ji → foundingEra → Nara period ⓘ

Taihō Code → era → Nara period ⓘ

Taihō Code → namedAfter → Nara period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taihō era

Yōrō Code → appliesToPeriod → Nara period ⓘ

Yōrō Code → timeInForce → Nara period ⓘ

Shoku Nihongi → chroniclesPeriod → Nara period ⓘ

Gyōki → activePeriod → Nara period ⓘ

Empress Genshō → era → Nara period ⓘ

Emperor Shōmu → era → Nara period ⓘ

Emperor Shōmu → eraNameUsed → Nara period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tenpyō