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    Kuni-kyō (恭仁京, or Kuni no miyako), was the capital city of Japan between 740 and 744, whose imperial palace (恭仁宮 Kuni-kyū or Kuni no miya) was built in...
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    until Emperor Kanmu established a new capital, Nagaoka-kyō, in 784, before moving to Heian-kyō, modern Kyoto, a decade later in 794. Japanese society...
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    Heijō-kyō (平城京, also Heizei-kyō, sometimes Nara no miyako) was the Capital of Japan during most of the Nara period, from 710 to 740 and again from 745...
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  • Shōmu Kuni-kyō (Kuni Palace), 740–744 in the reign of Shomu Naniwa-kyō (Naniwa Palace [ja]), 744 Naniwa-kyō, Shigaraki Palace, 744–745 Heijō-kyō (Heijō...
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  • Al Show Kuni (woreda), Ethiopia Kuni, Gunma, a former village in Gunma, Japan Kuni-kyō, an 8th-century capital of Japan Provinces of Japan Kuni, Eastern...
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    Between the years of 740 to 744, Kamo had been the capital of Japan named Kuni-kyō. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kamo, Kizugawa. Kamo official website...
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    earlier capital was Nara. In 741, Emperor Shōmu moved the capital briefly to Kuni-kyo, between the cities of Nara and Kyoto, in present-day Kyoto Prefecture...
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    lumber as part of the construction of capital cities such as Heijō-kyō. Kuni-kyō, was the capital city of Japan between 740 and 744 under Emperor Shōmu...
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    Suō Province (redirect from Suō no kuni)
    Province' and 'Suō Province' have been found at the ruins of Fujiwara-kyō and Heijō-kyō and the names were used interchangeably in Nara period records, such...
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    12th month, 15 day (6 January, 741) Shōmu proclaimed a new capital at Kuni-kyō. 724 (Jinki 1): Emperor Shōmu rises to throne. 740 (Tenpyō 12, 8th month):...
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