Kuni-kyō
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was the capital of Japan between 740 and 744, with its imperial palace (恭仁宮 Kuni-kyū or Kuni no miya) built in what is now the Kamo neighborhood of the city of Kizugawa in Kyoto Prefecture. The ruins of the palace overlap with the ruins of , and both were collectively designated as a National Historic Site of Japan in 1957, with the area under protection expanded in 2007.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Kuni-kyō
- Ancient site.native_name
- モヨロ貝塚
- Ancient site.native_name_lang
- Japanese
- Ancient site.image
- Yamashirokokubunji Kizugawa Kyoto pref Japan03n.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Yamashiro Kokubun-ji ruins
- Ancient site.map_type
- Japan Kyoto Prefecture#Japan
- Ancient site.map_alt
- Location in Japan
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Kuni-kyō
- Ancient site.map_size
- 270px
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
- Ancient site.region
- Kansai region
- Ancient site.epochs
- Nara period
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes (no facilities at site)
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- 大養徳恭仁大宮
- Located in
- Soraku district
- Body of water
- Kizu River
- Followed by
- Naniwa-kyō
- Follows
- Heijō-kyō
- Image
- Yamashirokokubunji Kizugawa Kyoto pref Japan02n.jpg
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- located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
- Kizugawa
- inception
- 0741-01-06
- Commons category
- Kuni-kyō
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Yamashiro Kokubun-ji
- See also
- References
- External links
was the capital of Japan between 740 and 744, with its imperial palace (恭仁宮 Kuni-kyū or Kuni no miya) built in what is now the Kamo neighborhood of the city of Kizugawa in Kyoto Prefecture. The ruins of the palace overlap with the ruins of , and both were collectively designated as a National Historic Site of Japan in 1957, with the area under protection expanded in 2007.
==History== After the Fujiwara no Hirotsugu rebellion, the capital was moved from Heijō-kyō by decree of Emperor Shōmu on December 15, 740. The new site was located in Soraku County, Yamashiro Province; nevertheless, its official name was "Yamato no Kuni no Omiya." The reason for choosing this location may have been because it was the stronghold of the Udaijin Tachibana no Moroe, who had de facto power over the "dajō-kan" or "Great Council".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kuni-kyō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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