Nara period
奈良時代
Movement · period · 710–794
Dates. It begins in 710, when Empress Genmei moved the capital to Heijō-kyō (Nara)1, and ends in 794, when Emperor Kanmu moved it to Heian-kyō — after an interim at Nagaoka-kyō from 7842. All sources agree3. Mason 2005, pp. 40–41. ↩ Wikipedia, Nara period, “Empress Genmei established the capital of Heijō-kyō”. ↩ Nabunken 2022, pp. 29–31. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005. Nabunken 2022: Daniel Borengasser u. a., 付録：時代区分－西暦対応表, in: 英文スタイル・マニュアル：基礎編 / Style Manual for English Texts: General Conventions, 奈良文化財研究所 (Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties) 2022, S. 29–31. Wikipedia, Nara period: Anon., Nara period, in: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nara_period (zuletzt abgerufen am 30.10.2026).