JAPN 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Kyushu, Kojiki, Honshu
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Japn 2150 - lecture 5 - the asuka period. Names of eras are based on the capital of central government. Each clan had it"s own ruler, leader, and god ( kami ) Armies = small band of clan leaders / followers. Each uji leader governed his own people under own rule. Commoners = rituals for uji and pay taxes. Monarch by the end of the 700s: Single monarch took census; seized all land. Japan emerged as a strong centralized state (ritsuryo) *japan faced a new challenge: an enormous, powerful, and expansive foreign culture. Han (first dynasty) collapsed in 200s ad. Over the next 300 years, china was ruled by multiple rival kingdoms. Sui consolidated kingdoms in the late 500s. *tang dynasty emerged and lasted for 3 centuries. Like rome: center of technology, politics, trade, etc. Powerful group of immigrants from baekje (paekche) in korea. Claimed descent from the legendary emperor kogen/korean nobles.
