Kyoto (late Heian period)

Timeline

1. 794Heian-kyō · Kyoto PrefectureEmperor Kanmu relocated from Nagaoka-kyō to Heian-kyō, building the capital on a grid layout modeled on Tang Chang'an with left and right capitals, making it the core of Japanese politics and culture for the next four centuries.
2. c. 1190–1200Kyoto · Kyoto PrefectureIn the 1190s the Genpei War had ended and the Kamakura shogunate was about to be or had just been established, but the emperor and court aristocrats still resided in Kyoto; the city retained Heian-era temple culture and aristocratic political traditions, with areas like Rokujō-dōri still serving as power centers, though the real military-political focus had shifted to Kamakura.