However, over time, the Ritsuryo system was losing its teeth, in other words, it was transforming into another system, the most obvious sign of which was the breakdown of the rice field allotment system.
しかし、律令制の弛緩、換言すれば別の統治体制への移行は、時代を追うたびに進展し、特に班田制の崩壊が著しかった。