Taika Reforms

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The Taika Reforms were a series of 7th-century political and administrative changes in Japan that centralized imperial power and laid the foundations for a more bureaucratic state modeled partly on Chinese systems.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Taika Reforms canonical 11
Taika era edicts 1
Taika reforms 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative reform ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political reform ⓘ
aimedAt centralization of imperial power ⓘ
creation of a bureaucratic state ⓘ
strengthening of the emperor’s authority ⓘ
weakening of powerful clans ⓘ
chronologyNote began in the first year of Taika era ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
describedIn Nihon Shoki ⓘ
later Japanese historical scholarship ⓘ
endTime late 7th century ⓘ
followedEvent Isshi Incident ⓘ
hasPart Taika era edicts ⓘ
linked to: Taika Reforms

administrative reorganization ⓘ
court rank system reform ⓘ
land nationalization policy ⓘ
military conscription reform ⓘ
tax system reform ⓘ
historicalPeriod Asuka period ⓘ
linked to: Yamato period
implementedBy Emperor Kōtoku ⓘ
Nakatomi no Kamatari ⓘ
Prince Naka no Ōe ⓘ
influenced Asuka Kiyomihara Code ⓘ
Ōmi Code ⓘ
influencedBy Chinese Tang dynasty system ⓘ
Chinese legal codes ⓘ
Confucian political thought ⓘ
introducedSystem census and household registration ⓘ
provincial administrative units ⓘ
ritsuryō system foundations ⓘ
standardized taxation ⓘ
state control of land ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
legalForm imperial edicts ⓘ
locatedIn Asuka period Japan ⓘ
linked to: Yamato period
longTermEffect decline of uji clan autonomy ⓘ
development of imperial bureaucracy ⓘ
formation of a centralized Japanese state ⓘ
namedAfter Taika era ⓘ
preceded full ritsuryō code codification ⓘ
religiousContext Buddhism in Japan ⓘ
Shinto court rituals ⓘ
replacedSystem clan-based governance ⓘ
startTime 645 ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yamato period → significantEvent → Taika Reforms ⓘ
Yamato polity → notableEvent → Taika Reforms ⓘ
Yamato clan → implemented → Taika Reforms ⓘ
Taika Reforms → hasPart → Taika era edicts ⓘ
linked to: Taika Reforms
Sadaijin → follows → Taika Reforms ⓘ
Fujiwara no Kamatari → knownFor → Taika Reforms ⓘ
Ōmi court → associatedWithReforms → Taika reforms ⓘ
linked to: Taika Reforms
Yamato court → implementedReform → Taika Reforms ⓘ
Taika era → hasPart → Taika Reforms ⓘ
Isshi Incident → followedBy → Taika Reforms ⓘ
Isshi Incident → relatedTo → Taika Reforms ⓘ
Emperor Kōtoku → knownFor → Taika Reforms ⓘ