conquering the islands
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- "government" or "issues of worship"
- matsurigoto
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"cap ranks" merit-based ranking system introduced by Prince Shotoku
they overlapped the existing family ranking system introduced by Keitai (kabane)
- kan'i
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"first national hero", 574-622
regent on behalf of Queen Suiko
sent missions to China in 607, 608, 613
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Prince Shotoku
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king of Korean or Kyushu ancestry
started the third and present imperial family, 507
- Keitai
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powerful Buddhist family in early Yamato times
overthrown in Taika coup, 645
- Soga
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clay figurines found outside Kofun tombs
- haniwa
- Date of "History of Wei" (Chinese) which mentions Japan
- 297
- Event where the Soga family was overthrown, 645
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Taika coup
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family ranking system introduced by Keitai
- kabane
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Kofun ("old tombs") age
- 250-550
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Kofun age
- 250-550
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large Kofun tomb from early 5th century
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tomb of king Nintoku
- loose confederation of 100 "states" in N. Kyushu or Yamato, Kofun age
- Yamatai
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Merit-based ranking system, instituted by Prince Shotoku
- kan'i
- Name for Japan in the "History of Wei" (297)
- "land of Wa"
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oldest surviving temple in Japan, from early 7th century
- Horyuji
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region of S. Korea that Kofun Japan had close ties with
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Mimana (Kaya)
- Yamatai shamaness, died 248
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Queen Himiko (Pimiko)
- Yamato age
- 550-710
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Yamato age
- 550-710