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• Hozo-in Ryu
  Hozo-in Ei was a guardian of the temples of [[Nara province|Nara]]. The popularity of this style increased by the end of the nineteenth cen
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• Iwaki province
  Iwaki, as a province, was created in 718 A.D. ...nce]] at some point in time before or after its short spell as a bonified "province". Funke further notes that it was "abolished...sometime between 720-728 A.D
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• Hokke-ji
  ...s for a long time a state-sponsored nunnery, the chief nunnery of [[Yamato Province]]. [[Category:Nara Period]]
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• Jokyo-ji
  ...inshu|Jôdo-Shinshû]] Honganji sect, located on Sanjô-dôri in the city of [[Nara]]. ...nally located in [[Kawachi Province]] ([[Osaka]]), the temple was moved to Nara in the 16th century. It was established in its current location by the [[To
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• 754
  ...one of four ships which departed China the previous year, arrives in [[Kii province]]. ...the four ships, delayed by a fire aboard ship, arrives safely in [[Satsuma province]].
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• Yatadera (Kyoto)
  ...dera (Nara)|Yatadera]] still standing and active in [[Yamato province]] ([[Nara]]). Temple lands changed, and in [[1579]] the temple was moved to its curre
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• Overseas Chinese in Japan
  ...small numbers since the earliest historical periods. In the [[Nara period|Nara]] through [[Muromachi period]]s, it is perhaps Chinese Buddhist monks who a ...Islands]], and various places in [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]] and [[Osumi province|Ôsumi provinces]], as well as in [[Yamaguchi]] (western Honshû), [[Matsuy
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• 712
  ...ion of a local uprising, [[Dewa province]] is created by splitting [[Mutsu province]]. [[Category:Nara Period|0712]]
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• Emperor Ogimachi
  ...Motonari|Môri Motonari]]. He made overtures to [[Oda Nobunaga]] of [[Owari province]] in late [[1564]] and when Nobunaga marched to [[Kyoto]] in [[1568]] with |width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Go-Nara]]'''
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• Nanzhao
  ...hao was a state based in southwest China, in or around modern-day [[Yunnan province]]. Formed in [[738]], it successfully resisted attacks by the [[Tang Dynast ...however, Nanzhao began to experience defeats. It lost battles in [[Sichuan province]] in [[829]] and [[874]], and in the Red River Valley of Vietnam in [[863]]
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• 741
  *The Court establishes head temples for each province. [[Category:Nara Period|0741]]
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• Niibari
  ...s times within the ''[[Fudoki|Hitachi no Kuni Fudoki]]''. Before [[Hitachi province]] (present-day Ibaraki prefecture) was formed in the 7th century (under [[E ...eign coincided with the Taika Reform, which places the creation of Hitachi province and the making of Nihihari as a district therein, at the same general time
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• Du Fu
  ...however, Du Fu resigned his post, and retired to [[Chengdu]] in [[Sichuan province]], where he remained until his death in [[770]]. [[Category:Nara Period]]
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• 729
  *729/6/21 A group of [[Hayato]] from [[Satsuma province]] present [[tribute]] to the Court. [[Category:Nara Period|0729]]
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• Emperor Shomu
  ...dai-ji|Tôdai-ji]] in [[743]], which was to be the head temple for [[Yamato province]], and head temple for the nation. ..., which for historians today is an invaluable treasure trove of not only [[Nara period]] Japanese artifacts, but artifacts of Japan's extensive interaction
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• Ganjin
  ...ng China : Early Japanese Encounters with Continental Culture] Exhibition. Nara National Museum. April through June 2010.</ref> Records of this incident re Tôshôdai-ji, a major temple in [[Nara]] founded by Ganjin, retains today an 8th century [[dry lacquer]] statue of
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• 1530
  .../6/12 [[Hojo Ujitsuna]] defeats [[Uesugi Tomooki]] in Ozawahara.([[Musashi province|Musashi]]) * 1530/10/25 [[Ikenobo|Ikenobô]] demonstrates [[Ikebana]] for [[Emperor Go-Nara]].
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• Okamoto Tori
  ...es of handscrolls depicting ''[[kofun]]'' and other Imperial tombs in that province. They may have been produced in conjunction with official [[Tokugawa shogun
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• Wang Wei
  Wang was originally from Qixian County in China's [[Shanxi province]]; late in life, he made his retirement in Lantian County, near [[Chang'an] [[Category:Nara Period]]
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• Wake no Kiyomaro
  Originally from [[Bizen province]], Wake no Kiyomaro lived from [[733]]-[[799]], and was a trusted advisor t Kiyomaro was exiled to [[Osumi province|Ôsumi province]] in Kyushu due to Dôkyô's influence at court. On his way to Ôsumi, he w
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• Emishi
  ...people were located in the provinces of [[Dewa Province|Dewa]] and [[Mutsu Province|Michinoku]] (aka Mutsu); by this time, the ''kanji'' 毛人 fell out of use At the beginning of the [[Nara period]] (early 8th c.), terms such as "Nihon" were used to refer only to t
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• Kan'ami
  ...f Noh, Kan'ami was the head of a traveling troupe of performers based in [[Nara]]. He died in [[1384]], in [[Suruga province]], having performed at [[Sengen Shrine]] there in Suruga just the previous
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• Gyoki
  [[Image:Gyoki.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Statue of Gyôki at Kintetsu Nara Station.]] ...thumously named a bodhisattva; a statue of Gyôki stands outside Kintetsu [[Nara]] Station.
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• Asuka Period
  ...the [[Yamato period]]. Following the [[Kofun period]] and preceding the [[Nara period]], Asuka marks the shift from kingly rule by the [[Yamato clan]] eme ...shed as the first "permanent" capital in 710, marking the beginning of the Nara period.
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• 753
  *753/12 Ôtomo no Komaro and the Chinese monk [[Ganjin]] arrive in [[Satsuma province]] aboard one of the four ships. [[Category:Nara Period|0753]]
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• Uwajima castle
  Located in [[Ehime prefecture]] ([[Iyo province]]) in [[Shikoku]], Uwajima castle was the central castle of the [[Edo perio During the [[Nara period|Nara]] and [[Heian periods]], the area was controlled by the [[Tachibana family]
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• Kanzeon-ji
  ...along with [[Todaiji|Tôdaiji]] in Nara, and [[Yakushi-ji]] in [[Shimotsuke province]].
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• Li Bai
  ...o have been born somewhere in Central Asia, and to have moved to [[Sichuan province]] with his family around the age of five. He began traveling at the age of [[Category:Nara Period]]
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• Military conscription
  ...t, was chiefly only practiced in Japan in the [[Asuka period|Asuka]] and [[Nara period]]s, and again from the [[Meiji period]] into the 20th century; durin ==Asuka & Nara Periods==
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• Ashikaga Yoshiaki (Shogun)
  ...e and Yoshiaki looked elsewhere. By now, [[Oda Nobunaga]] had taken [[Mino province|Mino]], and word of his skill and ambition reached Yoshiaki, who dispatched ...Totomi]] (at [[Battle of Mikatagahara|Mikatagahara]]) and entered [[Mikawa province|Mikawa]] in the spring of 1573. Perhaps emboldened by Shingen's activities,
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• Tachibana clan (kuge)
  ...most powerful ''[[kuge]]'' (court nobility) families in the [[Nara Period|Nara]] and early [[Heian Period]]. Members of the Tachibana family often held hi ...e 14th century onwards was named. Another branch family developed in [[Iyo province]], becoming known as the Iyo Tachibana family. [[Tachibana Toyasu|Tachibana
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• Shoen
  The system of ''shôen'' emerged as early as [[743]], in the [[Nara period]], as the privatization of reclaimed lands was made permanent. The c ...estates was [[Shimazu-sho|Shimazu-shô]], located in [[Hyuga province|Hyûga province]] and owned, successively, by members of the [[Taira clan|Taira]], [[Koremu
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• Matsunaga Hisahide
  ...a is reputed to have burned down the Great Buddha Hall of the [[Todaiji]] (Nara), to this day considered a needless act of near-villainy. ...ga cannily decided to submit and was allowed to keep his lands in [[Yamato Province|Yamato]]. Most likely Nobunaga was him as a useful tool both against the Mi
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• Akuto
  ''Akutô'' (lit. "evil bands") was a term used in the [[Nara period|Nara]] (710-794) to [[Muromachi period]]s (1333-1573), but primarily in the [[Ka Though the term appears in documents as early as the Nara period, and as late as the Muromachi period, ''akutô'' activities in the K
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• Emperor Xuanzong of Tang
  ...the state of [[Nanzhao]], established in [[738]] in what is today [[Yunnan province]]; a second attempt under Xuanzong in [[754]] failed as well. ...han led a rebellion, forcing Xuanzong and Yang Guifei to flee to [[Sichuan province]] (the former [[state of Shu]]), a scene depicted in countless later works
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• Fujiwara no Umakai
  * ''Titles: Governor of [[Hitachi|Hitachi province]] (c. [[719]]-[[723]])'' In [[719]], Fujiwara no Umakai became governor of Hitachi province, having just returned to Japan from China where he was vice-envoy [[Kentosh
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• Musashibo Benkei
  Musashibô Benkei, or "Benkei, monk of [[Musashi province|Musashi]]," was the quasi-legendary companion of [[Minamoto no Yoshitsune]] ...r the reconstruction of [[Todai-ji|Tôdai-ji]], destroyed in the [[Siege of Nara|war]]. Other episodes, as seen in ''[[Funa Benkei]]'' and ''[[Yoshitsune Se
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• Konoe Sakihisa
  ...i and was forced out of the capital; Sakihisa spent some years in [[Echigo province]] as a guest of [[Uesugi Kenshin]] before returning to [[Kyoto]] in [[1565] ...hese relations had soured, and Nobunaga sent Sakihisa to faraway [[Satsuma province]], in response to requests that he do something to end disputes between the
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• Cotton
  Cotton was first introduced to Japan in the late [[Nara period|Nara]] or early [[Heian period]], but only began to be grown in any significant ...cotton was also produced in ancient China, emerging originally in [[Yunnan province]] but not becoming economically prominent until the [[Yuan Dynasty]];<ref>C
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• Marugame castle
  ...innings in the early [[Muromachi period]] as fortifications built by the [[Nara clan]] (retainers of the [[Hosokawa clan]]). In [[1587]], [[Ikoma Chikamasa ...1615 when the [[Tokuagwa shogunate|shogunate]] issued its ‘one castle per province’ edict. Many of the buildings were destroyed or fell apart from neglect.
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• Hyogo no tsu
  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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• Yang Guifei
  ...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 [[Category:Nara Period]]
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• Yi Xingmo
  ...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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• Kenzuishi
  ..., 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
  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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• Izumo Shrine
  ...'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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• Emperor Jimmu
  ...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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• Unkei
  ...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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• Taira no Kiyomori
  ...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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• Kyushu
  ...|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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