{"slug": "nara-prefecture", "label": "Nara Prefecture", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nara_Prefecture", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131287", "qid": "Q131287", "description": "prefecture of Japan", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [592, 1890], "span_label": ["592 CE", "1890 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "osaka", "label": "Osaka", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emperor-tenji", "label": "Emperor Tenji", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "empress-kogyoku", "label": "Empress Kōgyoku", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emperor-tenmu", "label": "Emperor Tenmu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "buddhist", "label": "Buddhist", "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": 607, "year_label": "607 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "The Hōryū-ji Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, near Nara (Japan), is constructed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802681#Religion", "title": "607", "revid": 1340802681, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"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": 680, "year_label": "680 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "In Japan, Princess Uno Sarara is unwell, and Emperor Tenmu begins the erection of the Temple of Yakushi-ji (Nara Prefecture). He makes 100 people enter religion as priests, wishing her to recover her health.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331672551#Asia", "title": "680", "revid": 1331672551, "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"}}, {"year": 1567, "year_label": "1567 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "November 21", "text": "November 21 (10th day of 11th month, Eiroku 10) – In Japan, the Tōdai-ji Great Buddha Hall in the Nara Prefecture is destroyed after a six-month siege by Matsunaga Hisahide against Miyoshi Nagaitsu and the Miyoshi clan. Reconstruction of the temple does not take place until 140 years later in 1709.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362147494#October–December", "title": "1567", "revid": 1362147494, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1890, "year_label": "1890 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 2", "text": "April 2 – Kashihara Shrine, a landmark spot in Nara Prefecture, Japan, is officially built by Emperor Mutsuhito (Emperor of Meiji).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364071388#April", "title": "1890", "revid": 1364071388, "section": "Events › April"}}]}