Asuka Kiyomihara Code

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The Asuka Kiyomihara Code was an early Japanese legal code established in the late 7th century that laid the groundwork for the later ritsuryō system of centralized imperial governance.

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Asuka Kiyomihara Code canonical 2
Ōmi Code 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese legal code
historical document
legal code
aim standardize administration
strengthen imperial authority
systematize criminal penalties
appliesTo Yamato state NERFINISHED
associatedWithReign Empress Jitō NERFINISHED
codificationForm written code
componentOf early Japanese state formation
country Japan
dateOfCreation late 7th century
era Asuka period NERFINISHED
followedBy Taihō Code NERFINISHED
Yōrō Code NERFINISHED
function laid groundwork for later ritsuryō system
geographicalContext Asuka region NERFINISHED
governmentalScope centralized imperial governance
historicalSignificance first relatively full ritsuryō-style code in Japan
foundation for classical Japanese state structure
influenced Taihō ritsuryō system NERFINISHED
Yōrō ritsuryō system NERFINISHED
influencedBy Chinese legal traditions
Tang dynasty legal codes NERFINISHED
language Classical Chinese
legalPhilosophy Confucian-influenced governance
legalSystemType ritsuryō
legalTradition East Asian law
namedAfter Asuka NERFINISHED
Kiyomihara Palace NERFINISHED
partOf development of centralized imperial bureaucracy in Japan
precededBy Ōmi Code NERFINISHED
promulgatedBy Empress Jitō NERFINISHED
promulgatedUnderRegencyOf Prince Ōtsu (disputed / unclear) NERFINISHED
relatedConcept ritsu (penal code) NERFINISHED
ryō (administrative code)
statusOfText known mainly from later references
partially lost
subjectMatter administrative law
bureaucratic organization
court ranks and offices
penal law
ritual regulations
timePeriod pre-Nara Japan
yearOfPromulgation 689

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Taihō Code follows Asuka Kiyomihara Code
Taika Reforms influenced Asuka Kiyomihara Code
this entity surface form: Ōmi Code
Taika Reforms influenced Asuka Kiyomihara Code