Chinu Palace

Japanese: 珍努宮 - ちぬのみや

During the Nara period, Emperor Gensho built a villa in Izumi County, Kawachi Province, as a villa for wintering. It is also written as Chinu Imperial Villa or Izuminomiya. In the Shoku Nihongi, the entry for March of the second year of Reiki (716) states that "The Izumi and Hinen counties of Kawachi Province were divided and used for Chinu Palace (they provided the labor and expenses for construction)," and the entry for April of the same year states that "The three counties of Otori, Izumi, and Hinen were divided and the Izumi ward was established," so up until that point the three counties had been included in Kawachi Province. A ward is a district (or office) that, in addition to the administrative duties of a normal province, also serves as the guardian of the villa. An example is Yoshinogen, which had the Yoshino Imperial Villa (Yoshino Palace) for summering within its jurisdiction.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

奈良時代に元正天皇が河内国和泉郡に営んだ避寒用の離宮。智努離宮，和泉宮とも記す。《続日本紀》の霊亀2年(716)3月条に〈河内国の和泉･日根両郡を割（さ）き珍努宮に供せしむ(造営の人夫と費用を出させる)〉，同4月条に〈大鳥･和泉･日根三郡を割き和泉監（げん）を置く〉とあり，これまで三郡は河内国に含まれていた。監は，普通の国がもつ行政任務以外に離宮警衛の務も兼ねる管区(または役所)をさし，例に芳野監（よしのげん）があり，避暑用の芳(吉)野離宮(吉野宮)を管内に擁した。

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