Emperor Temmu issues a decree in 682 forbidding the Japanese-style cap of ranks and garments, and changing them into Chinese ones.

He also makes a decree forbidding men to wear leggings and women to let down their hair on their backs.

It is from this time that the practice begins of women riding on horseback like men.

He issues an edict prescribing the character of ceremonies and language to be used on ceremonial occasions.

Ceremonial kneeling and crawling are both abolished, and the Tang Court’s ceremonial custom of standing is practiced instead.