ritsuryō system

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The ritsuryō system was an ancient Japanese legal and administrative framework, modeled on Chinese Confucian and legalist principles, that organized government structure, taxation, and social order in the early imperial state.

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Ritsuryō state 1
Ritsuryō system 1
ritsuryō system canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative system
government system
historical institution
legal code
administrativeCenter Fujiwara-kyō NERFINISHED
Heijō-kyō NERFINISHED
allocates cultivable land
rice paddies
appliesTo imperial court
provincial administration
appliesToClass aristocracy
officials
peasants
basedOn Chinese ritsuryō codes NERFINISHED
Tang dynasty institutions NERFINISHED
codifiedIn Asuka Kiyomihara Code NERFINISHED
Taihō Code NERFINISHED
Yōrō Code NERFINISHED
Ōmi Code NERFINISHED
corePrinciple centralized bureaucracy
hereditary status system
population registration
state ownership of land
country Japan
declinePeriod Heian period NERFINISHED
late Nara period
goal standardizing administration across provinces
strengthening imperial authority
hasPart ritsu
ryō
implementedBy Emperor Tenmu NERFINISHED
Empress Jitō NERFINISHED
Yamato court NERFINISHED
inception 7th century
Asuka period NERFINISHED
Nara period NERFINISHED
influencedBy Chinese legalism
Confucianism NERFINISHED
Tang dynasty legal code NERFINISHED
language Classical Chinese NERFINISHED
regulates administrative law
bureaucratic ranks
corvée labor
criminal law
land distribution
military conscription
social status
taxation
supersededBy feudal system
shōen system
taxType labor tax
military service tax
rice tax
usesSystem handen shūju system
household registration
koseki

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Taihō Code partOf ritsuryō system
Yōrō Code partOf ritsuryō system
this entity surface form: ritsuryō system of Japan
Fujiwara clan politicalSystem ritsuryō system
this entity surface form: Ritsuryō state
Kampaku partOf ritsuryō system
this entity surface form: Ritsuryō system