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The Pure Land teachings first became prominent in china with the founding of Donglin Temple at Mount Lu
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the first permanent capital was established in Nara, a city modeled after the Chinese capital
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Buddhist philosophical tradition introduced into Japan from China during the Nara period
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the Kojiki is the oldest existing record of Japanese history, and a text that is vital to any discussion of Japanese history
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shomu was the 45th emperor of Japan, who devoted huge sums of money to the creation of magnificent Buddhist temples
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It was complied in 718 but not promulgated until 757
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was the capital of japan for over one thousand years
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Began building a monastery on Mt Koya in central Japn
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A short civil war fought in order to resolve a dispute about Japanese imperial succession
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Major sea battle of the Genpei War
