"The Tale of Kamatari"

... Nakamaro's policies, such as halving the number of days of miscellaneous labor, shortening the age of taxation, and sending out missions to investigate the people, were aimed at stabilizing the people's minds, but many of them were imitations of the Tang system, as seen in the Tang-style names of officials such as the Kanjokan (Grand Council of State) and the Kunkyukan (Purple Palace), and the selection of Chinese-style posthumous names for successive emperors. Nakamaro's preference for Confucianism is also evident in his policies, such as having each household possess a copy of the Book of Filial Piety and making the Ichō Tenkun a required reading for officials. Furthermore, the implementation of the Yoro Code in 757 was aimed at honoring his grandfather Fuhito, but the same intention was also expressed in his compilation of the Fujiwara clan's family traditions and his own writing of the Kamatari Biography (Daisōkan Biography). He also proposed the compilation of an official history following the "Nihon Shoki" and compiled the "Shizokushi," which became the forerunners of the later "Shoku Nihongi" and "Shinsen Shojiroku."

*Some of the terminology used in "The Legend of Kamatari" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　仲麻呂の施策には，雑徭日数の半減や課役年齢の短縮，問民苦使（もみくし）の派遣など人心の安定をはかるものがみられるが，多くは唐制の模倣であり，このことは乾政官(太政官)，坤宮官(紫微中台)などの官号の唐風化や，歴代天皇の漢風諡号（しごう）の撰進にもみられ，またそこには《孝経》を各家に所持させ，《維城典訓》を官人の必読書とする政策と同じように，仲麻呂の儒教好みがあらわれている。さらに757年養老律令の施行は，祖父不比等の顕彰を目的とするが，藤原氏の《家伝》を編纂し，みずからが〈鎌足伝〉(〈大織冠伝〉)を書いたのも同じ意図に出るものであった。そのほか《日本書紀》に続く正史編修を発議し，また《氏族志》の編纂も手がけたが，それらはのちの《続日本紀》や《新撰姓氏録》の先駆となった。…

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