ritsuryō system

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The ritsuryō system was an ancient Japanese legal and administrative framework, modeled on Chinese Confucian and legalist principles, that organized government structure, taxation, and social order in the early imperial state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative system ⓘ
government system ⓘ
historical institution ⓘ
legal code ⓘ
administrativeCenter Fujiwara-kyō ⓘ
linked to: Fujiwara-kyō site

Heijō-kyō ⓘ
linked to: Nara
allocates cultivable land ⓘ
rice paddies ⓘ
appliesTo imperial court ⓘ
provincial administration ⓘ
appliesToClass aristocracy ⓘ
officials ⓘ
peasants ⓘ
basedOn Chinese ritsuryō codes ⓘ
linked to: Tang Code

Tang dynasty institutions ⓘ
codifiedIn Asuka Kiyomihara Code ⓘ
Taihō Code ⓘ
Yōrō Code ⓘ
Ōmi Code ⓘ
corePrinciple centralized bureaucracy ⓘ
hereditary status system ⓘ
population registration ⓘ
state ownership of land ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
declinePeriod Heian period ⓘ
late Nara period ⓘ
goal standardizing administration across provinces ⓘ
strengthening imperial authority ⓘ
hasPart ritsu ⓘ
ryō ⓘ
implementedBy Emperor Tenmu ⓘ
Empress Jitō ⓘ
Yamato court ⓘ
inception 7th century ⓘ
Asuka period ⓘ
Nara period ⓘ
influencedBy Chinese legalism ⓘ
Confucianism ⓘ
Tang dynasty legal code ⓘ
linked to: Tang Code
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
regulates administrative law ⓘ
bureaucratic ranks ⓘ
corvée labor ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
land distribution ⓘ
military conscription ⓘ
social status ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
supersededBy feudal system ⓘ
shōen system ⓘ
taxType labor tax ⓘ
military service tax ⓘ
rice tax ⓘ
usesSystem handen shūju system ⓘ
household registration ⓘ
koseki ⓘ

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Taihō Code → partOf → ritsuryō system ⓘ
Yōrō Code → partOf → ritsuryō system of Japan ⓘ
linked to: ritsuryō system
Fujiwara clan → politicalSystem → Ritsuryō state ⓘ
linked to: ritsuryō system
Kampaku → partOf → Ritsuryō system ⓘ
linked to: ritsuryō system
Kuge → governanceSystem → Ritsuryō system (early period) ⓘ
subject linked to: kuge
linked to: ritsuryō system
Fujiwara no Yoshifusa → government → Ritsuryō state ⓘ
linked to: ritsuryō system
Seven Great Temples of Nara → associatedWith → ritsuryō state ⓘ
linked to: ritsuryō system
Etchū Province → usedIn → Ritsuryō system ⓘ
linked to: ritsuryō system
Yamato Province → governedBySystem → Ritsuryō provincial system ⓘ
subject linked to: Yamato Province (historical)
linked to: ritsuryō system
Tanba Province → partOf → Ritsuryō provincial system ⓘ
linked to: ritsuryō system
Daijō-daikan → partOf → ritsuryō system ⓘ
Dainagon → usedIn → Ritsuryō system ⓘ
subject linked to: Dainagon (Major Counsellor)
linked to: ritsuryō system
Shōnagon → usedIn → Ritsuryō system ⓘ
subject linked to: Shōnagon (Minor Counsellor)
linked to: ritsuryō system
Sadaijin → partOf → ritsuryō system ⓘ
subject linked to: Sadaijin (Minister of the Left)
Mutsu Province → partOf → Ritsuryō provincial system ⓘ
linked to: ritsuryō system
Genmei → governmentTypeDuringReign → ritsuryō state ⓘ
linked to: ritsuryō system
Nara court culture → governedBySystem → Ritsuryō system ⓘ
linked to: ritsuryō system
Asuka Kiyomihara Code → influenced → Taihō ritsuryō system ⓘ
linked to: ritsuryō system
Yōrō ritsuryō → partOf → ritsuryō system ⓘ
Yōrō ritsuryō → appliesTo → ritsuryō state ⓘ
linked to: ritsuryō system
Monmu → governmentalSystem → ritsuryō state ⓘ
linked to: ritsuryō system
Bingo Province → partOfSystem → Ritsuryō provincial system ⓘ
subject linked to: Bingo Province historical area
linked to: ritsuryō system
Aki Province → codifiedIn → Ritsuryō system ⓘ
linked to: ritsuryō system