In the Azuchi-Momoyama period, Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI made Kugemachi (court noble village) where residences of court nobles were built up around the temporary imperial palace, which substantially formed the current Kyoto Imperial Palace.
安土桃山時代には豊臣秀吉により、周囲に公家の屋敷を集めて集住させた公家町などが整備され、現在の京都御苑の原型がほぼ形成された。