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| | History guide for Japan by Hostelbookers |
 | | In 645 the Nakatomi clan staged a successful coup, and then, having changed their name to Fujiwara, rose to become the most influential and aristocratic family in Japan's history. |
 | | As early as 646, the Fujiwara introduced a series of reforms, the Taika, or Great Reforms, reorganizing the government on Chinese lines in order to strengthen the throne. |
 | | For a while it also became the custom to relocate the royal palace after the death of each emperor, until Japan's first would-be permanent capital, Nara, was founded in 710. |
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