Kokyo in Kyoto was called Kyoto Gosho, Kinri (Imperial Palace), and Dairi (Imperial Palace) and, after the Tokyo Gyoko (Emperor's going out to Tokyo) of the Meiji Restoration, became empty and came to be called the Kyoto kogu Imperial Palace after it came to be maintained under the Emperor's order.
京都の皇居は京都御所、禁裏、内裏などと呼ばれていたが、明治維新の東京行幸のあと留守となり、天皇の指示で保存されて以降は京都皇宮とも呼ばれるようになった。