Asakura Palace

Japanese: 朝倉宮 - あさくらのみや

The temporary palace of Empress Saimei (Empress Kogyoku). Its formal name was Asakura Tachibana no Hironiwa no Miya, and it was also called Kinomaru Palace, named after the verse "If I am in Asakura or Kinomaru Palace, who is going there proclaiming my name?", which is attributed to Emperor Tenchi in the Shin Kokinshu. In 661 (7th year of the reign of Emperor Saimei), the emperor marched westward to support the restoration of Baekje, and in March he arrived in Naotsu (present-day Minami Ward, Fukuoka City) and stayed in the nearby Iwase temporary palace, but in May he moved to Asakura Palace. According to the Nihon Shoki, the gods became angry when the trees of the Asakura Shrine were cut down to build the palace, and the palace was destroyed. Will-o'-the-wisp appeared in the palace, and many attendants died of illness.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

斉明天皇(皇極天皇)の行宮（あんぐう）。正式には朝倉橘広庭宮（あさくらのたちばなのひろにわのみや）といい，《新古今集》が天智天皇の作とする〈朝倉や木の丸殿に我が居れば名宣りをしつつ行くは誰が子ぞ〉にちなんで木丸殿とも呼ばれる。661年(斉明7)に天皇は百済再興支援のため西征し，3月娜大津(現，福岡市南区)に至り，近くの磐瀬行宮に居したが，5月この朝倉宮に移った。《日本書紀》によれば，朝倉社の木を切り払って宮を造ったため神が怒って殿を壊し，宮中には鬼火が現れ，病死する近侍が多かった，という。

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