). ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁on going ▁exc av ations ▁have ▁revealed ▁construction ▁on ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁Fu ji w ara - ky ō ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁ 6 8 2 , ▁near ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Emperor ▁Ten mu . ▁ ▁With ▁a ▁brief ▁halt ▁upon ▁Emperor ▁Ten mu ' s ▁death , ▁construction ▁res umed ▁under ▁Em press ▁J it ō , ▁who ▁officially ▁moved ▁the ▁capital ▁in ▁ 6 9 4 . ▁Fu ji w ara - ky ō ▁remained ▁the ▁capital ▁for ▁the ▁reign s ▁of ▁Emperor ▁Mon mu ▁and ▁Em press ▁Gen me i , ▁but ▁in ▁ 7 1 0 ▁the ▁Imperial ▁court ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁He ij ō ▁Palace ▁in ▁N ara , ▁beginning ▁the ▁N ara ▁period . ▁ ▁History ▁Fu ji w ara ▁was ▁Japan ' s ▁first ▁capital ▁built ▁in ▁a ▁grid ▁pattern ▁on ▁the ▁Chinese ▁model ▁( 条 <0xE5> <0x9D> <0x8A> 制 ▁j ō b ō - se i ); ▁recent ▁investigation ▁has ▁revealed ▁that ▁the ▁city ▁covered ▁an ▁area ▁of ▁roughly ▁ 5   km , ▁much ▁larger ▁than ▁previously ▁thought . ▁The ▁palace ▁occupied ▁a ▁plot ▁meas uring ▁about ▁ 1   km ², ▁and ▁was ▁surrounded ▁by ▁walls ▁roughly ▁ 5   m ▁high . ▁ ▁Each ▁of ▁the ▁four ▁walls ▁had ▁three ▁gates ; ▁Su zak um on , ▁the ▁main ▁gate , ▁stood ▁at ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁south ▁wall . ▁The ▁Da ig ok uden ▁( 大 <0xE6> <0xA5>