Taika era

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The Taika era was a mid-7th-century Japanese imperial period marked by sweeping political and administrative reforms that laid the foundations for a centralized state.

All labels observed (2)

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Taika 1
Taika era canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese era ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
political reform ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Yamato court ⓘ
capital Naniwa ⓘ
Yamato ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
describedBySource Nihon Shoki ⓘ
later Japanese historical chronicles ⓘ
endTime 650 ⓘ
follows Hakuchi era ⓘ
linked to: Hakuchi
hasEffect development of a legal-administrative code ⓘ
expansion of imperial control over provinces ⓘ
foundation of the ritsuryō state ⓘ
increased centralization of political authority ⓘ
reduction of clan-based power ⓘ
hasGoal centralization of state power ⓘ
creation of a bureaucratic state ⓘ
strengthening imperial authority ⓘ
hasLanguage Classical Japanese ⓘ
hasPart Taika Reforms ⓘ
inspiredBy Chinese Tang dynasty system ⓘ
Confucian political thought ⓘ
namedAfter Taika (meaning “great change”) ⓘ
partOf Asuka period ⓘ
precedes Hakuchi era ⓘ
linked to: Hakuchi
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ
significantEvent allocation of land to cultivators ⓘ
codification of court ranks and offices ⓘ
confiscation of private estates for state control ⓘ
creation of state-owned land (public fields) ⓘ
establishment of a centralized bureaucracy ⓘ
introduction of a new taxation system ⓘ
issuance of land and population surveys ⓘ
promulgation of edicts in the emperor’s name ⓘ
reform of local governance ⓘ
reorganization of provincial administration ⓘ
standardization of administrative units ⓘ
strengthening of capital administration ⓘ
significantFigure Emperor Kōtoku ⓘ
Empress Kōgyoku ⓘ
linked to: Empress Kōken

Nakatomi no Kamatari ⓘ
Prince Naka no Ōe ⓘ
startTime 645 ⓘ
645 ⓘ
temporalLocation mid-7th century ⓘ

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

Taika Reforms → namedAfter → Taika era ⓘ
Emperor Kōtoku → eraName → Taika ⓘ
linked to: Taika era