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Imperial Envoys to Tang and Tang–Japan Diplomacy

Type Event Region Japan Time 630–700

In the 7th century, the Japanese court repeatedly sent embassies to Tang Chang'an to study the legal-code system, Confucian classics, Buddhist doctri…

Timeline

  1. 630–632Chang'an · Shaanxi ProvinceEmperor Jomei sent Inukami no Mitasuki and others on a mission to the Tang dynasty, marking the institutionalized beginning of formal diplomatic and tributary relations between Japan and the Tang court.
  2. 607–614Luoyang · Henan ProvinceUnder Prince Shōtoku's leadership, the Suiko court repeatedly sent envoys to the Sui to examine headwear, ceremonial rites, and the official system, providing an institutional model for the later Taika Reform; this tradition continued after the rise of Tang.
  3. 645–700Chang'an · Shaanxi ProvinceAfter the Taika Reform, Japan increased the frequency of its embassies to Tang; the missions brought back legal-code provisions, classics, Buddhist texts, and craftsmen, directly advancing Japan's legal-code compilation and capital construction.

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