Asuka (明日香村, Asuka-mura) is a village located in Takaichi District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of April 1, 2017, the village has an estimated population...
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820214°E / 34.478731; 135.820214 Asuka-dera (飛鳥寺), also known as Hōkō-ji (法興寺), is a Buddhist temple in Asuka, Nara. Asuka-dera is regarded as one of the...
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its name from this place. It is located in the present-day village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture. Some of the many theories of what the place was named after...
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wrestler Asuka (wrestler, born 1998), professional wrestler also known as Veny outside of Japan Asuka, Yamato (飛鳥), an area in Yamato Province (now Nara Prefecture)...
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greatly during the Asuka period, which is named after the Asuka region, about 25 km (16 mi) south of the modern city of Nara. The Asuka period is characterized...
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Ishibutai Kofun (category Tourist attractions in Nara Prefecture)
kofun (石舞台古墳) is a stone kofun or tumulus of the Asuka period in the east of Shimanoshō, Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The kofun is believed to be the...
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Kengoshizuka Kofun is a Kofun in Asuka, Nara Japan. Specifically, it is an Octagonal Kofun. It is said to be the burial site of Empress Kōgyoku. it was...
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Nara (奈良市, Nara-shi, [naꜜɾa] ) is the capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 2022[update], Nara has an estimated population of 367,353 according...
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large statues of Buddha. The oldest is that at Asuka-dera (609) and the best-known is that at Tōdai-ji in Nara (752). Tōdai-ji's daibutsu is a part of the...
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Asuka Historical National Government Park (国営飛鳥歴史公園, Kokuei Asuka Rekishi Kōen) is a National Government Park established in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan...
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Emperor Yūryaku Sakurai, Nara (Iware no Mikakuri Palace), 480–484 in reign of Emperor Seinei Asuka, Yamato (Chikatsu-Asuka-Yatsuri Palace), 485–487 in...
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Kofun (category Asuka period)
of the Heroines of Asuka. Retrieved 2023-10-20. "Octagonal burial mound said to belong to ancient Japan empress reconstructed in Nara Pref". Mainichi Daily...
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Mountains: Yoshino Mountain Rivers: Yoshino River Lakes: Lake Tsuburo Nara Prefecture Asuka Higashiyoshino Kawakami Kurotaki Ōyodo Sakurai Shimoichi Uda Yoshino...
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political center. Ancient capitals of Japan were built on the land of Nara, namely Asuka-kyō, Fujiwara-kyō (694–710) and Heijō-kyō (most of 710–784). The capital...
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Emishi (category People of Asuka-period Japan)
Emishi tribes resisted the rule of various Japanese emperors during the Asuka, Nara, and early Heian periods (7th–10th centuries CE). The origin of the Emishi...
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Research Methodology Section Asuka Historical Museum (Asuka, Nara Prefecture) Curatorial Section Affairs Section The Nara National Research Institute for...
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Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy. Pedestal blocks: 77 t Ishibutai Kofun in Asuka, Nara, Japan. Largest stone, 75 tons. Pantheon, Rome, Italy. Granite columns...
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The Nara Prefecture Complex of Man'yo Culture (奈良県立万葉文化館, Nara-kenritsu Man'yō Bunkakan) is a museum located in Asuka Village, Nara Prefecture in Japan...
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and around the late sixth- to early eighth-century capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara-kyō, Nara Prefecture, Japan. In 2007, twenty eight sites were submitted...
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The Asuka Historical Museum (飛鳥資料館, Asuka Shiryōkan) is a historical museum in Okuyama, Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The museum was founded in 1975...
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Sendai-based Matsumoto Cycle) A.N. Design Works (Core Japan, Tokyo) Araya ARES Asuka (Nara) Baramon (Kurume) Campania Cherubim (Machida, Tokyo) Crafted (Fukui)...
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oldest known burial chamber was built between 220 and 230 CE in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, and called the Hokenoyama tomb. The tomb is 80 m long, and the...
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Takaichi (高市郡, Takaichi-gun) is a district located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 14,624 and a density...
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Yamato period (category Asuka period)
relocation of the capital to Asuka, in modern Nara Prefecture. However, the Kofun period is an archaeological period while the Asuka period is a historical...
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Heijō-kyō (redirect from Imperial court in Nara)
Heijō-kyō (平城京, also Heizei-kyō, sometimes Nara no miyako) was the Capital of Japan during most of the Nara period, from 710 to 740 and again from 745...
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of Poetry (三十六歌仙, Sanjūrokkasen) are a group of Japanese poets of the Asuka, Nara, and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese...
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especially for grain. Rivers : Takatori River, Soga River, Kibi River Nara Prefecture Asuka Gose Kashihara Ōyodo Yoshino Kojima Temple Minamihokke Temple Takatori...
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Man'yōshū (category Asuka period)
thick. Lastly, a mokkan excavated at the Ishigami archaeological site in Asuka, Nara, contains the first 14 characters of poem 1391, in volume 7, written...
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Kitora Tomb (category Buildings and structures in Nara Prefecture)
is an ancient tumulus (kofun in Japanese) located in the village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The tomb is believed to have been constructed some...
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Historical Sites of Prince Shōtoku (category Buddhism in the Asuka period)
Yoshino, Nara 8. 太子誕生所橘之宮 Tachibana-dera Asuka, Nara Prefecture 9. 太子建立第六院 Jōrin-ji Asuka, Nara Prefecture 10. 鞍作止利創建寺 Kongō-ji Asuka, Nara Prefecture...
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