An Emerging Civilization

Nadira Aisha Mulyandari

Asuka Period

• 538 to 710

• A period of fine-arts and architecture

• Buddhism, Shotoku Taishi and Chinese influence

Shotoku’s Constitution

• Seventeen-article constitution

• ‘Buddhist document’

• Adopted in the reign of Empress Suiko

• Harmony, Heaven and Morals

Taika• “Great Change”

• Introduced taxation and land distribution

• Split country into provinces and districts

• Run by people who later reported to the emperor

• Established by Emperor Kotoku after Prince Shotoku’s death

Nara• Built in 710, it was the capital

city

• A holy and spiritual place

• Scared, includes many temples, shrines and gardens

• Buddhist temples

• The creation of Nara was the first step for Japan as an important Asian civilization

Pagoda

Resources• http://www.fascinating-travel-destinations.com/ancient-nara.html• http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/japan/japanworkbook/traditional/shotoku.htm• Global Insights, copyright 1994 by the Glencoe Division of Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School

Publishing Company, ISBN 0-02-822690-9 (Teacher’s Edition), Chapter 16, Traditional Japan. Page 255, section 1, Emerging Civilizationhttp