Koyano

Japanese: 昆陽野 - こやの

A field in the area of Koya (Koya) Village, Muko District (later Kawabe District), Settsu Province, in the northern part of Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture. Like Tamena Village to the southeast, which is sung about as Inano in the Manyoshu, it is located on a flat plateau between the Inagawa and Mukogawa rivers, so there was little access to irrigation and it remained a large plain, but during the Nara period, Gyoki built the Konyo Pond and erected the Konyo Temple. In addition, the main road linking Kyoto and the western provinces ran east-west through the area, so Konyo (Koya) Village and the Konyo Pond were known as utamakura (pillow-themed poems) to Heian aristocrats, and when Taira no Kiyomori moved the capital to Fukuhara, there was even a proposal to build the capital in Konyo.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

兵庫県伊丹市北部，旧摂津国武庫郡(後に河辺郡)児屋(小屋)郷あたりの野。《万葉集》に〈猪名野〉として歌われている南東方の為奈郷と同様，猪名川と武庫川にはさまれた平坦な台地上にあるため，灌漑の便少なく，広い原野を残していたが，奈良時代に行基によって昆陽池が造築され，昆陽寺が建立された。また京都と西国を結ぶ大路が東西に横ぎっていたので，平安貴族にも昆陽(小屋)野，昆陽池は歌枕として知られ，平清盛の福原遷都のさい，一時昆陽野に造都の案も出された。

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