The Birth of "Nippon"-The Asuka and Fujiwara Capitals

Contents

Organizer's foreword
Director General's foreword
An outline of the Asuka and Fujiwara Capitals exhibit
1 An invitation to the Asuka and Fujiwara capitals
2 The opening of the Asuka period
The blossom of Kofun culture
The reception of buddhism
The palaces of Asuka
Asuka and the immigrants from the

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mainland
3 The stirrings of the Ritsuryo State
The construction of State Temples by the Imperial House
The Taika Reform
The age of Saimei, the Empress paramount
The flourishing of Asuka's Buddhist culture
The defeat at Hakusonko and the removal of the capital to Otsu
4 The world of the Tenmu-Jio Court
The Jinshin disturbance
The birth of the nation as sought by Emperor TKenmu
Asuka's comprehensive workshop: The Asuka-ike site
The minting of cast-made coins
Emperor Tenmu's untimely death and the muraled tombs of Asuka
5 The world of the Fujiwara Capital, a Chinese-style city
The construction of the Fujiwara Capital
The makeup of the offices and their bureaucrats
Center and outlying regons:
The people and materials gathered at the Fujiwara Capital
The first urban dwellers: The daily life of the Fujiwara Capital
The beginnings of urban pollution
6 The completion of the Ritsuryo State and the resumption of missions to Tang China
Replete with the accouterments of civilization
Resumption of missions to Tang and the culture of Tang China
7 The fifty-year history of the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Nara
Maps
Chronological tables
Explanation of terms
List of exhibits

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