Naniwa-kyō
Naniwa-kyō (難波京), also called Naniwa no Tsu, was an ancient Imperial capital of Japan in the 7th and 8th centuries. It was located in present-day Osaka.[1]
History[change | change source]
Naniwa was founded by Emperor Temmu in 683.[1] After 745, the capital moved to Heijō-kyō.[1]
Timeline[change | change source]
- 683: Temmu establishes Naniwa
- 744 (Tenpyō 16): Emperor Shōmu and the court moved to Naniwa, which then became the new capital.[2]
- 745 (Tenpyō 17): Shōmu built a palace named Shigaraki no Miya[3]
- 745 (Tenpyō 17): The court and the capital moves to Heijō Kyō.
Archeology[change | change source]
In 1957, traces of ancient palaces were found.[4] Other archaeological site was discovered in 2006.[5]
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Naniwa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 697.
- ↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 71.
- ↑ Hall, John Whitney et al. (1993). The Cambridge History of Japan, pp. 42–44.
- ↑ Stone, Peter G. and Philippe G. Planel. (1999). The Constructed Past: Experimental Archaeology, Education and the Public, p. 68–70.
- ↑ Osaka Museum of History, "Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Osaka 2007" Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
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