RELATIONSHIP IN ANCIENT AND EARLY JAPANESE LAW
Data of the early Japanese historical and legal sources about kinds of relationship, degrees of relationship and lines of relationship in ancient and early Japan (I - the beginning of VIII centuries A.D.) are collected and analyzed. Terminology (nomenclature) of relationship is analyzed. Features of terminology of relationship of Yamato period, which reflects the subordination of junior by birth to senior by birth, and than modified by the subordination of women to men are noted. Terminology of relationship of the early medieval period, fixed in the code of laws «Taihō-ritsu-ryō», developed during a patriarchal clan and family with domination of a husband is revealed. Five degrees of relationship in the legislation of the early medieval period are defined.