Asuka Kiyomihara Code

The Asuka Kiyomihara Code was a collection of governing rules compiled under Emperor Tenmu beginning in 681 and promulgated in 689 in classical Japan, one of the first of the ritsuryo legal systems. It lacked a penal code section but established administrative and civil regulations including compulsory citizen registration and a system for reporting epidemic disease, and it introduced the Daijo-kan, the Council of State led by a chancellor and ministers of the left and right. It built on an earlier code issued by Emperor Tenji in 662, the Omi-ryo, now lost, and served as the direct precursor to the more comprehensive Taiho Code of 701. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/