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A reconstruction of the main gate of the Heijo Palace. From here Suzaku Avenue, 74 metres wide, ran south.
About this place
Suzakumon (also read 'Shujakumon') was, in ancient times, the south-facing main gate of the palace city (Daidairi) of the grid-plan capitals such as Heijo-kyo and Heian-kyo. It was the most important of the twelve gates of the outer perimeter of the Daidairi. In the ancient capitals built on the model of Tang China's grid system, a palace city made up of the palace and government offices was placed at the center of the north side. It was called Heijo Palace in Heijo-kyo and Heian Palace in Heian-kyo, and was also called the Daidairi. The Daidairi had 12 gates on its four sides, each given the family name of a powerful clan.
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