One explanation for the reasons for such frequent capital moves in ancient times is that in ancient times, Japanese couples did not necessarily live together, wives usually lived in their mother's homes, husbands went to their wives' homes for the night, and the children of the province did not belong to the man, so fathers and sons did not necessarily live together. Those who hold this view believe that the ancient Japanese imperial family followed this custom. Therefore, the new emperor's residence should be on his mother's side, and the place where he lived after ascending the throne naturally became the new capital. In this way, the old and new capitals must not be in the same place, so there is a phenomenon of frequent capital relocation.
Emperor Yingshen's crown prince, the prodigal son, is a typical example of this. Naruko's biological mother was a native of the Shudō clan. Before he ascended the throne, he had been living in the Shudo Palace, and after he ascended the throne, the Shudo Palace naturally became the new capital. The story of Shōryō Shōto does support this view, but throughout the history of the Japanese Imperial Family, this is only an accidental example, and most of the time it is not. Perhaps it was indeed the custom of leaving the wife in the mother's house and the husband coming to spend the night among the general public, at a certain historical stage, but we cannot infer that the royal family at that time followed the same marriage customs.
Usually, the emperor, the empress, and other harem concubines lived together. Emperor Yoon's concubine, Yi Tong-hime, was very beautiful and deeply favored by the Emperor, but the Empress was very jealous of her, so it was difficult for him to continue to live in the palace. Emperor Yoon-kung couldn't do anything, so he built a new Fujiwara Shrine next to the imperial palace and placed Ichinō-hime inside. But this still could not stop the empress's jealousy, and she always wanted to harm him, and finally the emperor had to build a Maoting Palace for him to live in the more distant Izumi. From this incident, it is inferred that the queen at that time must have lived in the palace, and the concubines lived in the palace like the queen, or lived alone near the palace.
To put it bluntly, if, as some people say, the emperor used his mother's residence as a palace, then the other emperor of his brothers would have used the same palace, but such an example has not been seen in history. In addition, since the emperor and the emperor
After living in the same palace, it is reasonable to say that the crown prince they gave birth to should also issue an edict of enthronement to the world in their father's palace when they ascended the throne, but this is not usually the case. For example, The birthplace of Emperor Shinmu's empress, Isuki Rorybi, was next to the Saoi River, near today's Yamato Miwa. However, after the emperor's death, the eldest son of Gohei Tsugenhime, who was born in Goda, was born in the empress's mother's house Sagawa, and the third prince born to the empress, Hachii, was born in the capital city. At that time, Temaken Ear Order wanted to kill the Three Princes, Empress Isu Qi Yu Ribi noticed that after the song day "The wind on the Sawa River is rising, and the leaves from the mountains are loud", mentioning that his son had someone who wanted to kill him After hearing the mother's song, he immediately understood the intention of The Third Prince, so he first took the initiative to kill himself, so he directly killed his brother HandKen Ear Life, we first do not care whether this legend is true, just from such a legend that has been handed down, we can conclude, In ancient times, people believed that the prince born to the empress was not necessarily raised in the queen's mother's mother, and that it was a situation where the father and emperor lived in the palace. However, later, the three princes did not become emperors, but were succeeded by the four princes, who were honored by the name of the gods, in order to appease the emperor. According to the Emperor Suijing's palace, takaoka Palace in Katsumi, which is completely different from the location of Mu Pong. It can be seen from this that the crown prince may not have grown up in the mother's mother's mother,And the residence before the throne may not have become the capital. In the light of the foregoing, the reasons for the relocation referred to at the beginning of this section are insufficient