page_title: Asuka, Yamato
section_title: Imperial Palaces
hierarchical_section_title: Asuka, Yamato / Imperial Palaces
caption_attribution_description: Plan of Oharida Palace, 小墾田宮見取図
context_page_description: Asuka was an ancient Imperial capital of Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. It was in Yamato Province, which is present-day Nara Prefecture.
context_section_description: When Asuka was Japan's capital, new palaces were constructed for each new monarch.  Sometimes Imperial palaces were abandoned because of fires or bad omens.
  According to tradition, Asuka was the site of Chikatsu-Asuka-Yatsuri Palace during the reign of Emperor Kenzo
  Imperial capitals in Asuka in 593-640 were:
  Toyura Palace (Toyura-no-miya), 593–603
  Oharida Palace (Oharida-no-miya), 603–629
  Okamoto Palace (Oakmoto-no-miya), 630–636
  Tanaka Palace (Tanaka-no-miya), 636–639
  Umayasaka Palace (Umayasaka-no-miya), 640
  In 640-642, the court briefly moved to Kōryō and the Kudara Palace (Kudara-no-miya); then the court returned to Asuka at the Itabuki Palace (Itabuki no miya), 643–645
  In 645-654, the emperor and the government moved to an area within the current city limits of Osaka.  This was the Naniwa-Nagara no Toyosaki Palace (Naniwa-Nagara no Toyosaki-no-miya).
  In Asuka, the Imperial capitals in 655-660 were:
  Itabuki Palace, 655–655
  Kawahara Palace (Kawahara-no-miya), 655–655
  Later Okamoto Palace (Nochi no Asuka-Okamoto-no-miya), 656–660
  In 660-661, the court removed to Asakura in Fukuoka Prefecture at the Asakura no Tachibana no Hironiwa Palace (Asakure no Tachibana no Hironiwa-no-miya).
  In 667-672, the emperor moved to the Ōmi Ōtsu Palace (Ōmi Ōtsu-no-miya) in Ōmi-kyō which is today called Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture.
  In Asuka, the Imperial capitals in 672-694 were:
  Shima Palace, 672
  Okamoto Palace, 672
  Kiyomihara Palace (Kiomihara-no-miya), 672–694
  Asuka was abandoned when Empress Jitō moved the court and the capital to Fujiwara-kyō.
caption: Layout of Oharida Palace
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