Taika Reform
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The Taika Reforms were a set of doctrines established by Emperor Kōtoku in the year 645. They were written shortly after the death of Prince Shōtoku and the defeat of the Soga clan, uniting Japan. The
Isshi Incident
Yamato Kingship
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The Yamato Kingship was a tribal alliance centered on the Yamato region from the 4th century to the 7th century, and ruled over the alliance of noble families in the central and western parts of the J
Taika Reform
…Japanese cultural life. After the regency of Shōtoku Taishi ended, the Soga clan, from which Shōtoku's ancestry was derived, took hegemony of the Yamato court. The clan was opposed to Shōtoku's son Yamashiro Ōe and killed him in 643. Under the reign of Empress Kōgyoku the Soga clan head, Soga no Iruka, was…
Hashihaka Kofun
Andonzan burial mound (first half of the fourth century), compared to the mausoleum of Emperor Sujin.
Daisen burial mound (Osaka Prefecture Sakai City)
Tsukuriyama kofun