Place names
Explore historical place names, their language origins and cited occurrences across the collection. Open a record to compare spellings and return to the original passage.
76 identified places · 51 mapped · 746 of 2152 indexed occurrences linked to places
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724 records · 2152 occurrences
平城京
Identification pending · 0 supported · 0 tentative · 1 unresolved occurrences
The passage and name interpretation are recorded here. A place identification has not yet been established.
Recorded names
京
多賀城碑の「京を去事千五百里」の京。奈良の平城京を指す。
本文の呼称からの暫定分類。語源と現代の地名との対応は未確認。
Attestations (1)
- 北海随筆 · University of Tsukuba Library · 50:1
の里数を以相考ふれは此一ノ関は古の蝦夷国界にて関所有けるなるへし京を去事千五百里常陸の国境を去事四百十二里下野国境を去事二百七十四里是等里数漸合へり上代の海道しば
「京」