Heijō-kyō
Sign in to saveAlso known as Heizei-kyō, Heizei-kyo, Heijo-kyo, Nara no miyako
thumb|Groundplan of Heijō-kyō thumb|Closer map of the major sites of Heijō-kyō was the Capital of Japan during most of the Nara period, from 710 to 740 and again from 745 to 784. The imperial palace is a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site together with other places in the city of Nara (cf. Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara).
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The entry is geolocated on the map in 29, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Former capitals of Japan, Nara period and Planned capital cities.
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Heijo-kyō
- Ancient site.native_name
- 平城京
- Ancient site.image
- 220325 One-thousandth scale model of Heijo Kyo.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- 1/1000 scale model of Heijō-kyō
- Ancient site.map_type
- Japan Nara Prefecture#Japan
- Ancient site.map_alt
- Location in Japan
- Ancient site.relief
- 1
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Heijo-kyō
- Ancient site.map_size
- 270px
- Ancient site.location
- Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
- Ancient site.region
- Kansai region
- Ancient site.type
- settlement trace
- Ancient site.built
- c.8th century
- Ancient site.epochs
- Nara period
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes (park)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- planned community
- Located in
- Yamato Province
- Founded by
- Genmei
- Followed by
- Kuni-kyō
- Follows
- Fujiwara-kyō
- Image
- 140531 Heijo-kyo Nara Japan01bs.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Heijō-kyō
- Commons category
- Heijō-kyō
- located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
- Yamatokōriyama
- inception
- 0710-04-13
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0784-12-27
- time period
- Nara period
- replaced by
- Nara
- located in/on physical feature
- Nara Basin
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Heijō-kyō Suzaku-ōji
- Architecture
- 1,300th anniversary
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Groundplan of Heijō-kyō thumb|Closer map of the major sites of Heijō-kyō was the Capital of Japan during most of the Nara period, from 710 to 740 and again from 745 to 784. The imperial palace is a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site together with other places in the city of Nara (cf. Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara).
Empress Genmei ordered the Imperial capital moved from Fujiwara-kyō to Heijō-kyō in 708, and the move to Heijō-kyō was complete in 710. Heijō-kyō was modeled after Chang'an, the capital of Tang-dynasty China, although Heijō-kyō lacked walls. In the city, merchants and traders from China, Korea, and India introduced various foreign cultures to Heijō-kyō through the Silk Road. As a result, Heijō-kyō flourished as Japan's first international and political capital, with a peak population of between 50,000 and 100,000. The overall form of the city was an irregular rectangle, and the area of the city was more than 25 km2.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heijō-kyō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
3 mapped locations