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The Asuka period (飛鳥時代, Asuka jidai) was a period in the history of Japan lasting from 538 to 710, although its beginning could be said to overlap with the preceding Kofun period. The Yamato polity evolved greatly during the Asuka period, which is named after the Asuka region, about 25 km (16 mi) south of the modern city of Nara.
This list is of Japanese structures dating from the Asuka period (538–710) that have been designated Important Cultural Properties (including *National Treasures). [1] Five surviving sites with six component structures have been so designated, all National Treasures. [2]
The Asuka Mizuochi Site (飛鳥水落遺跡, Asuka Mizuochi iseki) was water clock located in Asuka in the Kansai region of Japan during the Asuka period. Its ruins were designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1976 with the area under protection expanded in 1982..
Asuka (飛鳥) was the Imperial capital of Japan during the Asuka period (538 – 710 AD), which takes its name from this place. It is located in the present-day village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture . Etymology
Emperor Kinmei (欽明天皇, Kinmei-tennō, 509–571) was the 29th emperor of Japan, [1] according to the traditional order of succession. [2] [3] His reign is said to have spanned the years from 539 to 571. Most historians support either the view that Kinmei is the first historically verifiable Japanese emperor or the view that Yuryaku (the ...
Asuka (明日香村, Asuka-mura) is a village located in Takaichi District, Nara Prefecture, Japan.As of April 1, 2017, the village has an estimated population of 5,681, with 2,170 households, [1] and a population density of 240 inhabitants per square mile (93/km 2).
This article is a list of shoguns that ruled Japan intermittently, as hereditary military dictators, [1] from the beginning of the Asuka period in 709 until the end of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868. [a]
The Man'yōshū was compiled in the latter half of the eighth century, which is widely considered the finest collection of Japanese poetry. [45] During this period, Japan suffered a series of natural disasters, including wildfires, droughts, famines, and outbreaks of disease, such as a smallpox epidemic in 735–737 that killed over a quarter ...