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Emperor Uda appoints Sugawara Michizane Japanese envoy to the T'ang dynasty of China, but Michizane convinces the emperor that contact with the Chinese is undesirable because of growing influence from the Near East and that China no longer has anything to teach Japan. Although unofficial contact between the two countries continues, this break in diplomatic relations marks the end of some three centuries of Chinese influence on Japanese culture.
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