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Prince Shotoku sent the first official Japanese mission to China. Another embassy carries a letter from Shotoku to the Chinese emperor seven years later.
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In the Asuka region, the Buddhist temple Horyuji was established. The monastic compound is Japan's earliest extant Buddhist temple and has the worlds oldest surviving wood structure.
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the Gagakuryo is formed, Many kinds of sacred and seclure music and dance are performed at court.
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Reform is issued by the Emporer Kotoku, strengthen imprerial political and enconomic authority while weakening the postition of the arusticratic families.