HIST 87 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Taika Reform, Heian Period, Heian Palace
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Daidairi = heian palace, the city of heian palace. Machi = land that is designated for certain social rank. Highest class gets to own and control one whole block. Don"t like the owari people (now nagoya) The farther you live from the capital, the more barbaric you will be perceived. Applies to farther east, rather than west. Capital was modeled after the plan of tang dynasty"s palace. War = refugees bring own individual skills to help japan. How to have imperial power over your people. Equal field systems of land tenure and taxation. Got this from tang dynasty, 7th-8th century. Administration and penal code (again, from tang dynasty) Japan modified it from the chinese to keep the hereditary privileges for many of its residents. History of divine land and yamato court. Written because it legitimizes the upper class ruling the land and the commoners. I. e. child comes down from the clouds and is told that he is the ruler.
