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| | Taika Reform Edicts Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | The Taika Reforms (大化改新 Taika no Kaishin) were a set of doctrines established by Emperor Kōtoku in the year 646. |
 | | They were written shortly after the death of Shōtoku Taishi, and the defeat of the Soga clan, which united Japan. |
 | | The Reform began with land reform, based on Confucian ideas from China, but the true aim of the reforms was to bring about greater centralization and to enhance the power of the Imperial Court, which was also based on the governmental structure of China. |
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