710 CE–794 CE
Nara state Buddhism
Religion · Buddhist traditions · Japanese Buddhist traditions · State
The Nara court supports temples, texts, and rites in a changing relation to local cults and imperial politics.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · no uncertainty qualifier in this record
- End
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- Dating in the source document
- 710–794
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- 2026-09-04
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Sources
- Met — Japan 500–1000 (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
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- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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