JAPAN 50 Lecture 2: Japan 50 Lecture 2
Document Summary
Establishment of imperial state (1) asuka period (592-710): strong influence from korean peninsula (2) nara period (710-794): strong influence from tang court. Written sources: (1) first official history: chronicles of japan (nihon shoki, 720) (2) record of ancient matters (kojiki, 712) (3) collection of myriad ages (man"yoshu, late 8th century) Transition from kofun period to asuka period: the construction of a centralized state. Political factors (1) unification of chinese continent by sui dynasty: jin dynasty unified . > divided > unification of chinese continent by sui dynasty (581-619) > Sylla (3) domestic conflicts in the yamato court: rise of the soga clan. Patronized artisans that came from korean peninsula and buddhism. Eliminated mononobe (powerful clan) that controlled arms and opposed. Soga no umako, head of soga kinship married two of his sisters to the kings. Assassinated the king, his nephew, replaced him with his niece queen suiko (554-624)
