ial line.
             Also during the late 500's Buddhism was introduced to Japan by the Soga, a powerful clan within the Yamato structure, and Emperor Yomei.
             The Soga clan had controlled much of the government of Yamato until 645 when a coup led by a man named Fujiwara no Kamatari displaced them and took control of the kingdom, he enacted several reforms including:
             1. The nationalization of land - government allocated rice paddies
             3. Establishment of a permanent capitol at Naniwa, present-day Osaka, meant to be permanent but it didn't last for more than a few years
             4. Emulation of the Chinese, at this time Japan took much of its example from China, its laws were modeled on Chinese precedents and stressed the authority of the emperor and centralization of power, as well as penal codes.
             These were collectively know as the reforms 645, he and his family line would rule Japan for centuries to come.
             During the opening years of this era the empire was showing the firs
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