Tamura Dai - Tamura Dai

Japanese: 田村第 - たむらのだい

This was the private residence of Fujiwara no Nakamaro in the late Nara period. It was first seen here when Empress Kōken used it as her residence on her way back from the ceremony to consecrate the eyes of the Great Buddha of Todaiji Temple in April 752 (4th year of Tenpyō-shōhō) (Shoku Nihongi). Later, Nakamaro supported Prince Ōi as the crown prince and arranged for Awata Moroe, the wife of his late son Masatsugu, to live in the residence, so it was also called Tamura Palace. The Shoku Nihongi records that Emperor Kōnin held a drinking party at the former Tamura Palace after the Emi no Oshikatsu Rebellion, and that Emperor Kanmu visited the Tamura Palace of the then Minister of the Right, Fujiwara no Korekimi (Nakamaro's nephew).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

奈良後期の藤原仲麻呂の私邸。752年(天平勝宝4)4月東大寺大仏開眼の儀の帰途，孝謙天皇がここを御在所としたのが初見(《続日本紀》)。その後，仲麻呂は大炊王を皇太子に擁立し，亡男真従（まより）の妻粟田諸姉をめあわせ，邸内に住まわせたので，田村宮とも称された。恵美押勝の乱後における田村第については，光仁天皇が田村旧宮で酒宴を催したこと，桓武天皇が時の右大臣藤原是公(仲麻呂の甥)の田村第に行幸したことが《続日本紀》にみえる。

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