KYOTO
(/ˈkjoʊtoʊ/;[2] Japanese: 京都, Kyōto [kʲoꜜːto] ( listen)), or Kyoto City (京都市, Kyōto-shi, [kʲoːtoꜜɕi] ( listen)) is a city located on the island of Honshu, Japan. The city is part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area. Kyoto has many historical sites and is the capital of Kyoto Prefecture.
HISTORY
The history of Kyoto began when Emperor Kammu (the 50th emperor of Japan) moved the capital from Nagaoka-kyō to Heian-kyō, due to the death of Fujiwara Tanetsugu, who was responsible for the construction of Nagaoka-kyō.
There is an explanation that says the capital had to be moved to Kyoto to overcome the influence of Buddhism in Nara, whose power was centered in a number of temples called Nanto-jiin（南都寺院). Explanation others said the capital needed to be moved from the imperial capital belonging to Emperor Temmu's line to a new capital for emperors from Emperor Tenji's line.
Heian-kyō was built in compliance with feng shui principles. Kyoto is surrounded by mountains in the four winds.Kyoto is surrounded by mountains in the four winds. To the east is the Kamo River, to the west there is the Katsura River whose flow snakes to the south.The palace was built in the center of the city and the city area was divided into rectangular blocks modeled after the palace capitals in China. In the center of the city was a north-south highway called Suzaku-Ōji which is now Senbon-dōri Street. Mount Funaoka rises to the north.
Heian-kyō's economy flourished due to the now-defunct Ritsuryō-sei political system. The city center was located around the Kamo and Daidairi-Gosho rivers.
During the Kamakura period, Kyoto's role as a government city began to fade because the center of political power moved to Kamakura, but Kyoto's role as an economic center became stronger.
The Jōkyu War, won by the Kamakura Shogunate, opened the opportunity for the Kamakura Shogunate government to build a security maintenance office called Rokuhara Tandai in Kyoto.
The office was used, among other things, to spy on the activities of the court nobility. At the end of the Kamakura period, the Rokuhara Tandai was destroyed by Ashikaga Takauji.
After the fall of the Kamakura Shogunate, Emperor Go-Daigo restored power to the emperor (Kemmu Restoration). The new system of government apparently caused dissatisfaction among the people.After the fall of the Kamakura Shogunate government, Emperor Go-Daigo restored power to the hands of the emperor (Kemmu Restoration). The new system of government apparently invited dissatisfaction among the samurai.
As a result, Ashikaga Takauji rebelled against the emperor and established the Northern Court government. This event marked the beginning of the Namboku-chō period.
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