Since most of the court nobility moved to Tokyo after the Emperor in the Meiji Period, their residences in what is now Kyoto Gyoen became vacant and were demolished to maintain security.
明治時代に、ほとんどの公家は天皇に従って東京に移ったため、現在の京都御苑内にあった殆んどの公家住宅が空家となり治安維持のため取り壊された。