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Yōrō Code

Medieval and Early Modern Constitutional Charters

The Yoro Code is a legal code of classical Japan compiled in 718 during the Nara period but not promulgated until 757, under the regency of Fujiwara no Nakamaro. Modeled on Tang dynasty Chinese codes of 651, it combined penal provisions, known as ritsu, with civil and administrative provisions, known as ryo. Its civil sections survive nearly complete, while the penal sections were largely lost and have had to be reconstructed from surviving fragments and from the Tang codes that inspired them. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Wikidata: Yōrō Code
  • Wikidata Q2575743, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • In Group: Ritsuryō, lead paragraph names the Yoro Code as part of the ritsuryo legal codes
  • In Legal System: Japanese Law, Wikipedia lead paragraph
    rules compiled in the early Nara period in Classical Japan. It was compiled in 718, the second year of the Y
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