Yingtian Gate
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The Yingtian Gate, Ying Tian Men was the southern gate of the imperial palace in Luoyang during the Sui and Tang dynasties, and it may have been the largest city gate in ancient China. Ancient Japan c
Yingtian Gate, Luoyang
Yingtian Gate, Luoyang
Yingtian Gate, Luoyang
Heian-jingu, Otenmon
Heian-kyō
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Heian-kyō was the imperial capital of Japan established by Emperor Kanmu in 794 in what is now Kyoto. It remained the seat of the Imperial Court for most of the following millennium. Japanese historic
Yingtian Gate
…and it may have been the largest city gate in ancient China. Ancient Japan constructed capital gates with the same names Ōtenmon (応天門) in the cities of Heian-kyō (present-day Kyoto) and Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara). It was originally built in 605 AD, the first year of the Daye era of the Sui dynasty, and was…
Scale model of Heian-kyō
The Daidairi (大内裏), the palace and government complex in the northern part of Heian-kyō
Miniature model of Sai-ji