{"slug": "asuka-yamato", "label": "Asuka, Yamato", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asuka%2C_Yamato", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q752394", "qid": "Q752394", "description": "former imperial capital of Japan", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [592, 694], "span_label": ["592 CE", "694 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "nara-prefecture", "label": "Nara Prefecture", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "emperor-tenji", "label": "Emperor Tenji", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "emperor-tenmu", "label": "Emperor Tenmu", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "osaka", "label": "Osaka", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "empress-kogyoku", "label": "Empress Kōgyoku", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "empress-jito", "label": "Empress Jitō", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 592, "year_label": "592 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "Winter – Empress Suiko moves the imperial capital of Japan to Asuka-Toyura Palace (Nara Prefecture) during the Asuka period.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754934#Asia", "title": "592", "revid": 1364754934, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 653, "year_label": "653 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Prince Tenji of Japan changes his residence to Asuka (Nara Prefecture), with other imperial family members and ministers. Only Emperor Kōtoku stays in the Naniwa Palace (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635810#Asia", "title": "653", "revid": 1367635810, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 656, "year_label": "656 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Empress Saimei of Japan builds a new palace at Asuka (Nara Prefecture), because her former residence caught fire. This construction is called the \"Mad Canal\" by the people of that day, wasting the labor of tens of thousand workers and a large amount of money.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635539#Asia", "title": "656", "revid": 1367635539, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 660, "year_label": "660 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Prince Naka no Ōe no Ōji of Japan makes a Japanese clock for the first time at Asuka, by which he causes the people to know the hours.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359584981#Japan", "title": "660", "revid": 1359584981, "section": "Events › By place › Japan"}}, {"year": 673, "year_label": "673 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 20", "text": "March 20 – Emperor Tenmu assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne of Japan at the Palace of Kiyomihara, in Asuka.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805471#Asia", "title": "673", "revid": 1340805471, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 694, "year_label": "694 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Asuka, imperial capital of Japan, is abandoned by Empress Jitō. She moves her court to Fujiwara-kyō (Nara Prefecture).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806245#Asia", "title": "694", "revid": 1340806245, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}]}