There was a diplomatic facility named Naniwa-no-murotsumi in Naniwa-no-tsu, a port in the Kinai region (provinces surrounding Kyoto and Nara) at which foreign vessels had entered since the Kofun period. |
古墳時代から畿内の港として往来のあった難波津には外交施設として難波館(なにわのむろつみ)があった。 |