Miyako
Miyako ( Japanese 京 , also 都 ) is an older Japanese name for capital and generally refers to residential cities, such as those of the Middle Ages . The first character was used for the capital of Japan , e.g. B. Asuka no Miyako and Ōmi no Miyako . Later, however, the On reading prevailed: Asuka-kyō, Ōmi-kyō, Fujiwara-kyō , Heijō-kyō ( Nara ), Kuni-kyō , Naniwa-kyō ( Ōsaka ), Nagaoka-kyō , Heian-kyō ( Kyōto ) , Fukuhara-kyō and Tōkyō .
Capitals of our time are called shuto ( 首都 ) in Japanese .
The Japanese associate the term with Kyōto, which was the capital of the country almost continuously for more than 1000 years. In older European descriptions of Japan, Kyōto was accordingly also recorded as Meaco .
etymology
Miyako is derived from miya 宮 ("shrine, palace") and ko 処 ("place"). The latter noun is out of date, but can still be found in demonstrative pronouns , such as koko 此処 ("here"), soko 其 処 ("there"), etc. a. Miyako therefore describes the place where the palace of Tenno is located.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bjarke Frellesvig: Old Japanese Pronouns. In: Japanese Historical Linguistics. Retrieved May 25, 2008 .