 Kuni-kyō

Kuni-kyō (恭仁京, or "Kuni no miyako"), was the capital city of Japan between 740 and 744, whose imperial palace (恭仁宮 "Kuni-kyū" or "Kuni no miya") was built in the present-day city of Kizugawa in Kyoto Prefecture by the order of Emperor Shōmu.The city of Kuni-kyō was never completed, as the capital was moved once again to the present-day city of Kōka, Shiga Prefecture, more specifically the in 744, only four years later.