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Taika reform大化の改新alternative words: Taika no kaishin, Taikano Kaishin, Taika keywords: event related topics: Asuka period , Emperor Tenchi , Nakatomi no Kamatari , Soga no Iruka related web sites: http://homepage1.nifty.com/anecs/social/history/nihon-nara/taika.htm explanation: A palace coup d'�tat which took place in 645 with the participation of Prince Nakano ooe and Nakatomi no Kamatari in order to throw out Soga family who had become too powerful. After this putsch, they strove for the creation of a centralized state by suppressing large private land owners and introducing a state ledger to control the tax collection. Nakatomi no Kamatari received the name of "Fujiwara" and gradually his family arrived to control the imperial court. | |