Empress Jito has abdicated the throne in favor of her grandson Emperor Monmu; during his reign, the establishment of Ritsuryo Code, which was to become the culmination of the reform since the time of the emperors Tenmu and Jito, was implemented, and it came to a realization in the form of Taiho Code in 701. |
その持統天皇の譲位を受けて即位した孫の文武天皇の時期には、天武・持統以来の改革の集大成となる律令の制定が急がれ、大宝 (日本)元年(701年)に大宝律令の完成という形で結実した。 |