Hyôgo no tsu was a major medieval and early modern port city in [[Settsu province]] on the [[Inland Sea]], a short distance west of [[Osaka]]. The harbor dat
...harbors]] (''go-tomari'' or ''go-haku'') built by [[Gyoki|Gyôki]] in the [[Nara period]], Hyôgo no tsu, originally known as Owada no tomari, was protected
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...al of [[Chang'an]], making their way to the former state of Shu ([[Sichuan province]]), a scene depicted in countless paintings and other works of art & litera
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...r in life, he is known to have also contributed to projects at Daizô-ji in Nara in [[1240]], the 13-story stone pagoda at [[Hannya-ji]] in [[1253]], and st
...99]]; I no Yukitsune<!--大工薩摩権守行経 or 行恒-->, who served as head of [[Satsuma province]] carpenters in the 14th century; I no Yukinaga<!--行長-->, and so on. Th
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..., where he remained for roughly one year, returning once again to [[Yamato province|Yamato]] in the 9th month of [[609]].
...ng China : Early Japanese Encounters with Continental Culture] Exhibition. Nara National Museum. April through June 2010.
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Suzhou is a major city in China's [[Jiangsu province]], located near the mouth of the [[Yangtze River]], just west of [[Shanghai
...ng China : Early Japanese Encounters with Continental Culture] Exhibition. Nara National Museum. April through June 2010.</ref>
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...'ken'' 顕. On special occasions during the [[Kofun period|Kofun]] through [[Nara period]]s, such as on the occasion of the accession of a new emperor, pries
...center of glass bead production well into the [[Asuka period|Asuka]] and [[Nara period]]s and provided ''[[magatama]]'' and other such ritual objects to th
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...been determined by simply counting back 1,260 years from [[601]]. In the [[Nara period]], 601 may have been seen as a year of particularly important politi
...ashiwara]] (Kashiwabara) 橿原, which is located near Mount Unebi in [[Yamato province]].<ref>Posonby-Fane, Richard A. (1979). ''Imperial cities: The capitals of
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...lptors.</ref> many of the most famous and treasured Buddhist sculptures of Nara and Kyoto.
...eviously, he had been exposed chiefly to the [[dry lacquer]] sculptures of Nara.<ref name=mori49>Môri. p49.</ref> Though he developed a style which is oft
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...nt religious and cultural establishments. After becoming governor of [[Aki province]], he oversaw the reconstruction of [[Itsukushima Shrine]]; the shrine woul
...i]], who had opposed him; the monks resisted violently, and the [[Siege of Nara|ensuing battle]] resulted in the destruction of both temples.
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...|Higo]], [[Hyuga province|Hyûga]], [[Osumi province|Ôsumi]], and [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]].
...that prior to the establishment of a proto-Japanese state on the [[Yamato province|Yamato]] plain in central [[Honshu]], the Yayoi clans became organized on K
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...[Chang'an]], forcing Emperor Xuanzong and Yang Guifei to flee to [[Sichuan province]] (the former [[state of Shu]]), along with a number of courtiers, minister
...vinces began to claim increasing power, and some, such as those in [[Hebei province]], effectively seceded from the empire entirely, taking one-quarter of the
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...-ji]], [[Horyu-ji|Hôryu-ji]], [[Kofuku-ji (Yamashiro)|Kôfuku-ji (Yamashiro province)]], [[Shitenno-ji|Shitennô-ji]], and [[Sufuku-ji|Sûfuku-ji]]. The million
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...n the distant peripheries of the [[Yamato state|Yamato]] and [[Nara Period|Nara]] states, but began to be more fully incorporated into the state in the mid
...nt strategic point for connecting [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]] and [[Osumi province|Ôsumi provinces]], and for governing both. When the Shimazu were based at
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...]], while the emperor rules the realm of politics on earth 顕 from [[Yamato province|Yamato]].
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...ome of the earliest massive-scale tomb-mounds in Japan appeared in [[Izumo province]], and took a form with a rectangular platform on top and long extended "le
...''kofun'' are mainly concentrated in the [[Kinai]] region (in and around [[Nara]], [[Osaka]], and [[Kyoto]]), with the single largest, believed to be the t
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The largest ''kofun'' are found in the [[Kinai]] region (in and around [[Nara]], [[Kyoto]], and [[Osaka]]), but roughly 150,000 tomb-mounds of various si
...al objects and symbols of power; this shift took place earliest in [[Izumo province]].<ref>Gallery labels, "Izumo and Yamato," special exhibit, Tokyo National
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...China organized by the Imperial Court in the [[Asuka period|Asuka]] and [[Nara period]]s, for the purposes of trade, and in order to learn about, adapt, a
...eturned to Japan. That said, of the 18 ships which left from Kyushu in the Nara period, 14 did return to Japan relatively safely, and even of those ships t
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...[[Nata family]], lords of territories in the Kunisaki peninsula of [[Bungo province]], hereditarily held the position of high priest at Usa Hachiman from [[729
...in the guise of a Buddhist monk is held at the [[Todai-ji|Tôdai-ji]] in [[Nara]]. Carved by the great Buddhist sculptor [[Kaikei]], the seated sculpture,
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**''[[Azekura]]'' storehouse of [[Jurin-in|Jûrin-in]], Nara
...njo'', records of [[Daimyo-ji|Daimyô-ji]] temple in [[Osumi province|Ôsumi province]] (held at [[Shiryohensanjo|Shiryôhensanjo]])
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...nin War|Ônin War]] ([[1477]]), [[Hojo Soun|Hôjô Sôun's]] invasion of [[Izu province]] ([[1493]]), or somewhere between; end: [[Oda Nobunaga]]'s entrance into [
...4]] when the capital was in [[Nagaoka-kyo|Nagaoko-kyô]] 長岡京 in [[Yamashiro province]] is also included.</ref>===
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