Imposition of Chinese culture and society on Japan by Emperor Kōtoku, starting in 645
The Taika Reforms (大化の改新, "Taika no Kaishin, Reformation of Taika") were a set of doctrines established by Emperor Kōtoku (孝徳天皇 Kōtoku tennō) in the year 645. They were written shortly after the death of Prince Shōtoku and the defeat of the Soga clan (蘇我氏 Soga no uji), uniting Japan. The reforms also artistically marked the end of the Asuka period and the beginning of the Hakuhō period.[1][2] Crown Prince Naka no Ōe (the future Emperor Tenji), Nakatomi no Kamatari, and Emperor Kōtoku jointly embarked on the details of the Reforms. Emperor Kōtoku then announced the era of "Taika" (大化), or "Great Reform".
The Reform began with land reform, based on Confucian ideas and philosophies from Tang China, but the true aim of the reforms was to bring about greater centralization and to enhance the power of the imperial court, which was also based on the governmental structure of China. Envoys and students were dispatched to China to learn seemingly everything from the Chinese writing system, literature, religion, and architecture, to even dietary habits at this time. Even today, the impact of the reforms can still be seen in contemporary Japanese cultural life.
^Fred S. Kleiner, Christin J. Mamiya (2005). Gardner's art through the ages. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth. p. 222. ISBN 0-534-64095-8.
^Rowthorne, Chris (2003). Lonely Planet Japan. Hawthorn: Lonely Planet Publications. pp. 34. ISBN 1-74059-162-3.
The TaikaReforms (大化の改新, "Taika no Kaishin, Reformation of Taika") were a set of doctrines established by Emperor Kōtoku (孝徳天皇 Kōtoku tennō) in the year...
Kakuzō around 1900. Sekino dated the Asuka period as ending with the TaikaReform of 646. Okakura, however, saw it as ending with the transfer of the capital...
together with Prince Naka no Ōe (later Emperor Tenji), carried out the TaikaReform. He was the founder of the Fujiwara clan, the most powerful aristocratic...
Kamatari devised and implemented the far-reaching TaikaReforms. The Reform began with land reform, based on Confucian ideas and philosophies from China...
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up taika in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Taika may refer to: Taika (era) (大化), Japanese era name for years spanning 645 through 650 TaikaReform (大化の改新...
title of omi (臣). The office of kuni no miyatsuko was abolished in the TaikaReforms in 645 and the former administrative kuni (provinces) were formally...
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645 and initiated a series of sweeping government reforms that would be known as the TaikaReform. In 668 Emperor Tenji (reigned 668–671), bestowed the...
government devised and implemented the far-reaching TaikaReforms. The Reform began with land reform, based on Confucian ideas and philosophies from China...
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its distance from the capital. Mikawa is mentioned in records of the TaikaReform dated 645, as well as various Nara period chronicles, including the Kujiki...
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Shinto and Buddhism, and various Chinese religions. It includes sects and reformed movements such as Ijun or Ijunism (Ryukyuan: いじゅん Ijun; Japanese: 違順教 Ijunkyō)...
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against the Soga clan, Japan underwent widespread reform. One of the most important was that of the TaikaReform, issued by Emperor Kōtoku in 645. This edict...
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decline of the Taika–Taihō reforms, the imperial government was vigorous during the early Heian period. Kammu's avoidance of drastic reform decreased the...
the 4th to the 7th century, later than the Yamatai Kingdom. After the TaikaReform, the ōkimi as an emperor, at that time, was in power, and the Yamato...
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