Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (UNESCO/NHK)

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James Blake Wiener
by UNESCO TV NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
published on 26 July 2018

Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. During this period the framework of national government was consolidated and Nara enjoyed great prosperity, emerging as the fountainhead of Japanese culture. The city's historic monuments — Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and the excavated remains of the great Imperial Palace — provide a vivid picture of life in the Japanese capital in the 8th century, a period of profound political ...

Source: UNESCO TV / © NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
URL: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/870/

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Kyokai, U. T. N. N. H. (2018, July 26). Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (UNESCO/NHK). World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/video/1400/historic-monuments-of-ancient-nara-unesconhk/

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