Heijō

English Etymology From en ja - 平壤 ^へいじょう, the spelling 平壤 or its shinjitai form 平壌 are still used but now normally pronounced as ^ピョンヤン in Japanese. Pronunciation hā′jōPyongyang 1537 2 Pyongyang (pyŭng′yäng′), Jap. [Japanese] Heijo or Heizyo (both: hā′jō), en Proper noun en historical en Pyongyang: the Japanese-derived name during the Korea under Japanese rule Japanese occupation period in the early 20th century, now capital of North Korea. en 1929 Sainosuké Kiriyama Historic Background Chosen of To-day https://archive.org/details/bwb_W9-CRT-553/ Keijo, Chosen Chikasawa Printing House 693224 5 https://archive.org/details/bwb_W9-CRT-553/page/5/ 2 Korean tradition relates that Kitse of China came into the peninsula and established his capital in the valley of the River Ta-Ton (Daido), on the site now occupied by Heijo (Pyengyang), in 1122 B.C. on en 1952 Suyeji Umehara The Newly Discovered Tombs with Wall Paintings of the Kao-kou-li Dynasty w:Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America https://www.jstor.org/stable/20066943 6 1944-6497 277056016 5 Among investigations of ancient sites made by Japanese scholars in the Korean Peninsula during the past forty yeas, there are some which have attracted the attention of scholars of the world. One of these was the excavation of the Lo-lang sites of the Han dynasty centering about Heijōᵃ (P'ing-jang); the other was the discovery of the Kao-kou-li tombs with wall paintings in the neighborhood of Heijō and in the in the vicinity of T'ung-kou, Chi-an shêng,ᵇ Manchuria, in the north. Translations (historical) the name of Pyongyang during the Japanese occupation period in the early 20th century Japanese: ja 平壤 へいじょう, Heijō Marathi: mr हेइजोउ Pyongyang References Japanese Romanization へいじょう