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    During the Nara period from 710 to 794, Japan made Nara its imperial capital and modeled it after Chang'an, the capital of Tang China. They adopted many aspects of Chinese culture like Buddhism, architecture, art, literature, and government administration. The period saw the construction of grand temples like Todai-ji that housed the massive Daibutsu statue. While Japan lacked the resources to fully emulate China, the Nara period established a highly cultured and civilized Japan that transformed from a tribal state.

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    During the Nara period from 710 to 794, Japan made Nara its imperial capital and modeled it after Chang'an, the capital of Tang China. They adopted many aspects of Chinese culture like Buddhism, architecture, art, literature, and government administration. The period saw the construction of grand temples like Todai-ji that housed the massive Daibutsu statue. While Japan lacked the resources to fully emulate China, the Nara period established a highly cultured and civilized Japan that transformed from a tribal state.

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    Joseph P. Alcoran, UAP, M.

    Arch-CTM, PhD-TM Student


    TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
    INTRODUCTION CONTRIBUTIONS
    Japanese society was agricultural in nature and
    centered on villages which follows a Shinto religion
    based on the worship of natural and ancestral spirits
    Nara takes its name called kami. Deer, regarded as messengers of the
    from Heijô-kyô (平城 gods in the Shinto religion, roam the grounds freely.
    京 ). It served as the
    imperial capital from
    710 until 794.
    Map of Japan

    It is the capital city of Nara Prefecture located in


    Amaterasu, one of the central kami in the Shinto faith Todai-ji (Eastern Great Temple)

    the Kansai region of Japan. The city occupies the Tōdai-ji (Eastern Great Temple) is a Buddhist
    northern part, bordering Kyoto Prefecture. temple complex that was once one of the powerful
    During the Nara Period, the Japanese absorbed Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara.
    virtually anything Chinese. They imported from
    Chinese the administrative rules, philosophy,
    religion, transcription, fashion as well as the city
    planning. Nara artisans produced refined Buddhist
    sculptures and erected grand Buddhist temples.
    Great Buddha Hall (daibutsuden), a National Treasure Daibutsu

    JAPANESE ERAS Its Great Buddha Hall (Daibutsuden) houses the


    world's largest bronze statue of the Buddha
    Japanese Paleolithic before 14,000 BC Vairocana, known in Japanese as Daibutsu. The 15
    1
    Human inhabitation led to the development of pottery. meters tall, seated Buddha represents Vairocana and
    is flanked by two Bodhisattvas. The temple also
    Jōmon Period 14,000 BC – 300 BC
    2 Tribal/clan organization, stone age hunters & gatherers. serves as the Japanese headquarters of the Kegon
    school of Buddhism. Emperor Shōmu was the 45th
    Yayoi Period 300 BC – 250
    3
    Rice cultivation, metalworking & potter's wheel.
    emperor of Japan, commissioned the Daibutsu.
    Kofun Period 250 – 550 The capital at Nara was modeled after Chang'an,
    4 Emergence of powerful clan rulers, buried in kofun (large the capital city of Tang China.
    tomb mounds); close contacts with mainland Asia
    Asuka Period 538-710
    5
    A great wave of reforms -- Taika no Kaishin (Taika Reforms)
    aims to strengthen the emperor's power.

    6 NARA PERIOD 710-794 Chang‘an Kimono

    Early kimono robes be crossed left over right,


    like the Chinese, became the convention of how the
    Japanese kimono robe is wrapped until today.
    Chinese language and literature were studied
    intensively; the Chinese characters were adapted to
    7 Heian Period 794 – 1185 the Japanese language; and numerous Chinese
    Imperial court moves to Heiankyo (now Kyoto). Official manuscripts, Buddhist scriptures, were copied.
    contacts with China stop in 838.

    8 Kamakura Period 1185 – 1333


    Military government by Minamoto no Yoritomo. Emperor,
    remains in Kyoto with the court aristocracy.

    9 Muromachi Period 1336 – 1573 Japanese Writings Taiho Code or Taiho Ritsuryo

    Muromachi district of Kyoto becomes base for Shogun


    Ashikaga Takauji's new military government. Taihō code (701). Legal codes based on Chinese
    models were compiled to replace the less-structured
    10 Sengoku Period 1467 – 1600
    The Warring States Period. Think “samurai Game of
    native tradition of legal process.
    Thrones.” Extremely powerful samurai warlords begin land
    grabs in the chaos brought on by the Onin War. CONCLUSION
    11 Azuchi-Momoyama Period 1560 – 1600 Nara period is the high point of the enterprise &
    Oda Nobunaga starts process of reunifying Japan after a
    century of civil war; followed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
    in many ways can be considered a period of heroic
    Foundation of modern Japan is laid. achievement. Japan did not have the economic
    resources to support a miniature version of the
    12 Edo Period 1600 – 1868
    Japan enters an age of peace and national isolation Chinese empire. However, they gave it a very good
    try. They did not achieve their goals, but they
    13 Meiji Period 1868 – 1912
    Emperor is restored; made transition to nation-state.
    transformed Japan into a very different country from
    the tribal state of the 6th century, a country that can
    14 Taishō Era 1912 – 1926 fairly be called civilized in terms of intellectual &
    Expands economic base within Asia and Pacific. artistic development, a status that will never be lost.

    15 Shōwa Era 1926 – 1989 References:


    WW II and its aftermath, as well as economic recovery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nara_period
    https://www.ancient.eu/Nara_Period/
    16 Heisei Era 1989 – present http://www.japanpitt.pitt.edu/timeline/nara-period-710-794
    https://www.britannica.com/event/Nara-period
    花倉
    Global issues foster debate; crowned Prince Akihito. https://japanthis.com/japanese-eras/

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