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The reforms also artistically marked the end of the Asuka period and the beginning of the Hakuhō period. [1] [2] Crown Prince Naka no Ōe (the future Emperor Tenji), Nakatomi no Kamatari, and Emperor Kōtoku jointly embarked on the details of the Reforms. Emperor Kōtoku then announced the era of "Taika" (大化), or "Great Reform".
Taika (大化) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō) during the reign of Kōtoku. [1] The Taika era immediately preceded the Hakuchi era . This period spanned the years from August 645 through February 650.
Re-enactment of a Taika era kokushi. Kokushi (国司, also read Kuni no tsukasa) were provincial officials in Classical Japan.They were nobles sent from the central government in Kyoto to oversee a province, a system that was established as part of the Taika Reform in 645, and enacted by the Ritsuryō system.
Fujiwara no Kamatari (藤原 鎌足, 614 – November 14, 669), also known as Nakatomi no Kamatari (中臣 鎌足), was a Japanese politician and aristocrat who, together with Prince Naka no Ōe (later Emperor Tenji), carried out the Taika Reform.
Although it did not constitute a legal code, the Taika Reform mandated a series of reforms that established the ritsuryō system of social, fiscal, and administrative mechanisms of the seventh to tenth centuries. Ritsu (律) was a code of penal laws, while ryō (令) was an administrative code. Combined, the two terms came to describe a system ...
The office of kuni no miyatsuko was abolished in the Taika Reforms in 645 and the former administrative kuni (provinces) were formally reorganized under the Ritsuryō system. The provinces became ruled by new officials called kuni no mikotomochi, or more commonly, kokushi. [2]
Taika may refer to: Taika (era) (大化), Japanese era name for years spanning 645 through 650 Taika Reform (大化の改新, Taika no Kaishin ), a major reform promulgated during the Taika era
The Soga clan's hold over the imperial family was broken and two years later the Emperor enacted the Taika Reform, returning full power to the emperor. This disruptive and transformative event is known as the Isshi Incident .