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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

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

...s for a long time a state-sponsored nunnery, the chief nunnery of [[Yamato Province]]. [[Category:Nara Period]]

...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

...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]].

...dera (Nara)|Yatadera]] still standing and active in [[Yamato province]] ([[Nara]]). Temple lands changed, and in [[1579]] the temple was moved to its curre

...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

...ion of a local uprising, [[Dewa province]] is created by splitting [[Mutsu province]]. [[Category:Nara Period|0712]]

...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]]'''

...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]]

*The Court establishes head temples for each province. [[Category:Nara Period|0741]]

...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

...however, Du Fu resigned his post, and retired to [[Chengdu]] in [[Sichuan province]], where he remained until his death in [[770]]. [[Category:Nara Period]]

*729/6/21 A group of [[Hayato]] from [[Satsuma province]] present [[tribute]] to the Court. [[Category:Nara Period|0729]]

...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

...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

.../6/12 [[Hojo Ujitsuna]] defeats [[Uesugi Tomooki]] in Ozawahara.([[Musashi province|Musashi]]) * 1530/10/25 [[Ikenobo|Ikenobô]] demonstrates [[Ikebana]] for [[Emperor Go-Nara]].

...es of handscrolls depicting ''[[kofun]]'' and other Imperial tombs in that province. They may have been produced in conjunction with official [[Tokugawa shogun

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]]

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

...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

...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

[[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.

...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.

*753/12 Ôtomo no Komaro and the Chinese monk [[Ganjin]] arrive in [[Satsuma province]] aboard one of the four ships. [[Category:Nara Period|0753]]

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]

...along with [[Todaiji|Tôdaiji]] in Nara, and [[Yakushi-ji]] in [[Shimotsuke province]].

...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]]

...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==

...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,

...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

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

...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

''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

...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

* ''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

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

...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

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

...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.

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

...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]]

...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

..., 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.

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>

...'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

...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

...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

...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.

...|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

...[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

...-ji]], [[Horyu-ji|Hôryu-ji]], [[Kofuku-ji (Yamashiro)|Kôfuku-ji (Yamashiro province)]], [[Shitenno-ji|Shitennô-ji]], and [[Sufuku-ji|Sûfuku-ji]]. The million [[Category:Nara Period]]

...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

...]], while the emperor rules the realm of politics on earth 顕 from [[Yamato province|Yamato]]. [[Category:Nara Period]]

...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

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

...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

...[[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,

**''[[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]])

...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>===

...ct on [[Mount Hiei]]. There were also large enclaves of warrior monks in [[Nara]] and also [[Negoro-dera]], although most every temple complex would have s ...-Ikki forces), where again, the monks were wiped out. Wisely, the Sohei of Nara remained inactive during the Sengoku era. The Sohei felt secure in their be

...ed in the 7th century. They rose to power and prominence in [[Nara Period|Nara]] and [[Heian Period]] Japan, with the [[Northern Fujiwara]] effectively co ...[[Yamato]] polity. They appear to have had a major influence in [[Hitachi province]], where they were responsible for the prominence of [[Kashima Shrine]], a

...storical" Emperor (being the first Emperor to rule in the growing [[Yamato province|Yamato]] region) after the tribal confederacies that had held power previou ===Nara Period　奈良時代===

Kamakura is a small city in [[Kanagawa prefecture]] (formerly, [[Sagami province]]), to the west of [[Tokyo]] and [[Yokohama]]. It was the seat of the [[Kam ...kura was spared Allied bombing during World War II, along with Kyoto and [[Nara]], on account of these cities' historical and cultural significance for wor

...rade between any Japanese state and the Chinese Imperial court since the [[Nara period]]. The Ashikaga shogunate, certain powerful temples, and a few power ...''Government and Local Power in Japan 500 to 1700: A Study Based on Bizen Province". Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1966.

...return; this did not last long, with tribute embassies from the islands to Nara ending after [[727]]. However, the [[Dazaifu]] is said to have created in [ ...s, as merchant ships increasingly came to travel from [[Fujian]] to [[Higo province]] ([[Kumamoto prefecture]]) via Okinawa, rather than from [[Ningbo]] to [[H

...st Japan has ever come to being invaded and conquered since prior to the [[Nara period]]. The battles involved a coordination of samurai forces from much o ...manded the entire Japanese force, while [[Shimazu Hisatsune]] of [[Satsuma province]] oversaw the defense of the bay. [[George Sansom]] reports that the invasi

...ity, dividing [[Musashi province]], in which the city sat, from [[Shimousa province]]. The [[Ryogoku Bridge|Ryôgoku Bridge]]<ref>Ryôgoku 両国 literally mea ...ter, a long distance from the classical capitals and cultural centers of [[Nara]] and Kyoto. In [[Heian period]] poetry and classic narratives, it is assoc

...adô era (708-715), an era named after the discovery of copper in [[Musashi province]] (Wadô 和銅 literally means "Japanese copper"). These coins, with a fac ...hat of the "large" denomination.<ref name=kobata101/> In the [[Nara period|Nara]] and Heian periods, Japan simply made use of the "small" Chinese denominat

...m [[Miyoshi Yasukiyo]], set about raising an army in the Province of [[Izu province|Izu]], where he had been in exile. There was an irony in the preceeding eve ...set about eliminating Kyoto-appointed officals. This often provoked inter-province and occasionally inter-clan civil war, a common and oft-overlooked element

...ndation that Kyoto be renamed ''saikyô'' (Western Capital), to accompany [[Nara]], Tokyo, and a site in [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]] as the southern, eastern, an ...oss the [[Sumidagawa]] to the east, into what was traditionally [[Shimousa province]]. The core of the city is divided into 23 wards, while the remainder of th

...de in Southeast Asian ports could operate in a particular port in [[Fujian province]] opened that year to such business.<ref>Lloyd Eastman, ''Family, Fields, a In the [[Yamato period]], and into the [[Nara period]], Japan did in fact receive tribute from outlying regions, such as

...easures, and the like. Many artists traveling in the West, or in Kyoto and Nara, studied great treasures of the past, including profoundly famous and art h ...urt robes]]. Imamura Shikô expanded upon the classic "Eight Views of [[Omi province|Ômi]]" motif by actually travelling to [[Lake Biwa]] and sketching scenes

...ai]]'' in Kyoto and ''[[Machi bugyo|Machi bugyô]]'' in the other cities. [[Nara]], [[Sunpu]], [[Nikko|Nikkô]] were also among the cities administered in t ...i]], and [[Echizen province|Echizen]], and [[Mito han|Mito]] in [[Hitachi province|Hitachi]] in the [[Kanto|Kantô]] Plain. Important Tokugawa retainers were

...mami]] and [[Tokara Islands]] in the north (already annexed into [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]]/[[Kagoshima prefecture|Kagoshima]] territory centuries earlier) t ...foreign royal to have visited Japan since the [[Asuka period|Asuka]] or [[Nara period]], doing so as a prisoner of war in [[1609]]-[[1611]], and thus not