ritsuryō system

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The ritsuryō system was an ancient Japanese legal and administrative framework, modeled on Chinese Confucian and legalist principles, that organized government structure, taxation, and social order in the early imperial state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative system
government system
historical institution
legal code
administrativeCenter Fujiwara-kyō
linked to: Fujiwara-kyō site

Heijō-kyō
linked to: Nara
allocates cultivable land
rice paddies
appliesTo imperial court
provincial administration
appliesToClass aristocracy
officials
peasants
basedOn Chinese ritsuryō codes
linked to: Tang Code

Tang dynasty institutions
codifiedIn Asuka Kiyomihara Code
Taihō Code
Yōrō Code
Ōmi Code
corePrinciple centralized bureaucracy
hereditary status system
population registration
state ownership of land
country Japan
declinePeriod Heian period
late Nara period
goal standardizing administration across provinces
strengthening imperial authority
hasPart ritsu
ryō
implementedBy Emperor Tenmu
Empress Jitō
Yamato court
inception 7th century
Asuka period
Nara period
influencedBy Chinese legalism
Confucianism
Tang dynasty legal code
linked to: Tang Code
language Classical Chinese
regulates administrative law
bureaucratic ranks
corvée labor
criminal law
land distribution
military conscription
social status
taxation
supersededBy feudal system
shōen system
taxType labor tax
military service tax
rice tax
usesSystem handen shūju system
household registration
koseki

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Taihō Code partOf ritsuryō system
Yōrō Code partOf ritsuryō system of Japan
linked to: ritsuryō system
Fujiwara clan politicalSystem Ritsuryō state
linked to: ritsuryō system
Kampaku partOf Ritsuryō system
linked to: ritsuryō system
Kuge governanceSystem Ritsuryō system (early period)
subject linked to: kuge
linked to: ritsuryō system
Fujiwara no Yoshifusa government Ritsuryō state
linked to: ritsuryō system
Seven Great Temples of Nara associatedWith ritsuryō state
linked to: ritsuryō system
Etchū Province usedIn Ritsuryō system
linked to: ritsuryō system
Yamato Province governedBySystem Ritsuryō provincial system
subject linked to: Yamato Province (historical)
linked to: ritsuryō system
Tanba Province partOf Ritsuryō provincial system
linked to: ritsuryō system
Daijō-daikan partOf ritsuryō system
Dainagon usedIn Ritsuryō system
subject linked to: Dainagon (Major Counsellor)
linked to: ritsuryō system
Shōnagon usedIn Ritsuryō system
subject linked to: Shōnagon (Minor Counsellor)
linked to: ritsuryō system
Sadaijin partOf ritsuryō system
subject linked to: Sadaijin (Minister of the Left)
Mutsu Province partOf Ritsuryō provincial system
linked to: ritsuryō system
Genmei governmentTypeDuringReign ritsuryō state
linked to: ritsuryō system
Nara court culture governedBySystem Ritsuryō system
linked to: ritsuryō system
Asuka Kiyomihara Code influenced Taihō ritsuryō system
linked to: ritsuryō system
Yōrō ritsuryō partOf ritsuryō system
Yōrō ritsuryō appliesTo ritsuryō state
linked to: ritsuryō system
Monmu governmentalSystem ritsuryō state
linked to: ritsuryō system
Bingo Province partOfSystem Ritsuryō provincial system
subject linked to: Bingo Province historical area
linked to: ritsuryō system
Aki Province codifiedIn Ritsuryō system
linked to: ritsuryō system