8th century in Japan

historical medieval period of Japan from CE 710 to 794

historical period of Japan

700's Japanese legal code of the Nara period

thumb|Replicas of mokkan are wooden tablets found at Japanese archaeological sites. Most of the tablets date from the mid-7th to mid-8th century, but some are as late as the early modern period. They have been found in sites across Japan, but mostly around the old capitals of Nara and Fujiwara. They were used for informal purposes, such as shipping tags, memoranda, and simple messages, and thus complement official records transmitted on paper.