HIST 1708 Lecture 12: HIST1708 Lecture12
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** close relationship between imperial state and buddhist institutions. Growing interest in buddhism among the people, but religion remains largely an elite practice. ** empress shotoku (no relation to prince shotoku) and the monk dokyo. ** move of the capital to the city of heian (now kyoto) The heian court and its culture the city of heian as capital. The heian court = the imperial court. The heian period(794-1185) really long term permanent capital. ** di erence in kyoto(compare to nara): large temples were moved out of the city to reduce the power of buddhism the development of the heian court system. Japan stops sending o cial embassies to china in 894. Aristocracy = 10,000 total population of heian = 100,000-150,000 (population of japan, c. 4-5 million) Shinden-style architecture ex, byodoin, uji (built 1053) used to be a residence of fujiwara. Imperial rank determines the o ce, higher levels get higher o ces.
