The Nara period (奈良時代, Nara jidai) of the history of Japan covers the years from 710 to 794. Empress Genmei established the capital of Heijō-kyō (present-day...

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...

The Heian period (平安時代, Heian jidai) is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning...

Egyō (恵行) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, preacher and waka poet in the Nara period. He was active around 750 in the area of modern Toyama Prefecture. Only...

into the following Heian period. There was also a serious attempt to overthrow the Imperial house during the middle Nara period. During the 760s, monk Dōkyō...

the Nara period, are now called shoki-shōen (初期庄園, lit. "early Shōen"). Shōen of the second type, which continued from the middle of Heian period to the...

Nara Prefecture (奈良県, Nara-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. As of 2020,[update] Nara Prefecture has a population...

Look up Nara or nara in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nara or Na-ra may refer to: Nara Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan Nara (city), the capital city...

most of them in vermillion reflects a Chinese influence dating from the Nara period. Also set at the entrances to many shrines are komainu, statues of lion...

to Japan in the mid-5th century during the Kofun period. At the Nango-Ōhigashi site in Gose City, Nara Prefecture, excavations revealed cow bones believed...

December 2015). "Dress like an aristocrat from the Nara period at new costume rental shop in Nara【Photos】". SoraNews24 -Japan News-. Retrieved 16 October...

syllabic writing. The earliest literary works in Japan were created in the Nara period. These include the Kojiki (712), a historical record that also chronicles...

prominent at the court of several emperors and empresses during the early Nara period. He made his daughter Miyako a concubine of Emperor Monmu. Her son, Prince...

the Asuka region, about 25 km (16 mi) south of the modern city of Nara. The Asuka period is characterized by its significant artistic, social, and political...

into ye, and then during the Edo period the pronunciation changed from /je/ to /e/. However, during the Meiji period, linguists almost unanimously agreed...

Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara encompasses eight places in the old capital Nara in Nara Prefecture, Japan. Five are Buddhist temples...

The first work in Japan that actually utilized tensho was during the Nara period (646–794) was a six-paneled screen called the Torige Tensho Byobu. Each...

The Azuchi–Momoyama period (安土桃山時代, Azuchi–Momoyama jidai) was the final phase of the Sengoku period (戦国時代, Sengoku jidai) in Japanese history from 1568...

The following is a list of Japanese battles, organised by date. Jimmu's Eastern Expedition (c. 7th century BCE) Takehaniyasuhiko Rebellion (c. 1st century...

period. As most of the paintings in the Nara period are religious in nature, the vast majority are by anonymous artists. A large collection of Nara period...

when he was the crown prince, drawn in the Nara period (710-794), which were handed down to the Kamakura period (1185-1333). The names of those paintings...

hardening it. During the Yayoi period, dango (団子, dumpling) were made from grain or rice flour. During the Nara period (710–794), a food called karakudamono...

Nara Park (奈良公園, Nara Kōen) is a public park located in the city of Nara, Japan, at the foot of Mount Wakakusa. Established in 1880, it is one of the oldest...

skirt. (Takamatsuzuka Tomb, 7th century) Asuka (late Yamato Period) dress, 7th century Nara-period dress, late 8th century, 2005 reconstruction The first instances...

Shōtoku in the Suiko period in the sixth century, and by Emperor Shōmu in the Nara period in the eighth century. In the early Heian period, Buddhist art and...

little by little; however, during the Heian period these confusions were few and far between. Since the Nara period, /h/ began to be pronounced as [w] in word-medial...

preserved within their halls. Nara and its vicinity contain the vast majority of the nation's treasures of the early period of Buddhist art, known in art...

inclusions, just before the Nara period, the Nara period itself (710 to 794), the Heian period (794 to 1185), the Kamakura period (1185 to 1333), and so on...

The Yamato period (大和時代, Yamato-jidai) is the period of Japanese history when the Imperial court ruled from modern-day Nara Prefecture, then known as Yamato...

was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Japan. The construction of the temple was an attempt to imitate Chinese...