A Popular Dictionary of Shinto

NARA PERIOD

Nara period: translation

(710-794)
A period during which the imperial capital was at Nara. This period, dominated by Buddhist and Chinese thought, saw the compilation of theKojikiandNihongiwhich fixed the mythological ancestry of the leading clans of Japan, and the establishment of important shrine-temple complexes such asKasuga, ancestral and tutelary shrine of theFujiwarafamily.

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