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Codification of the Asuka Court's Ritsuryō System

Type Event Region Japan Time 650–700

Between 650 and 700 CE, the Japanese court progressively built a ritsuryō state on the Taika Reforms: reorganizing provinces and districts, compiling…

Timeline

  1. 650–670Japanese archipelago · JapanThe court implemented the kokushi, gunji, and sato-head system, surveyed household registers, and instituted the handen land allocation and zu-yong-diao taxes, bringing local administration under direct central control.
  2. 668–689Ōmi Palace · Shiga PrefectureEmperor Tenji presided over the compilation of laws at Ōmi capital, drafting codes modeled on Tang institutions (later called the Ōmi Code), establishing the prototype of a ritsuryō state's codified legal system.
  3. 673–700Asuka capital · Nara PrefectureThe Tenmu and Monmu reigns reorganized the eight clan ranks and twelve official ranks, perfected the daijōkan system, and continued compiling laws, making final preparations for the Taihō Code of 701.

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