In addition, the level of actual security maintained at the palace went into decline, and by the early 11th century only one palace gate, the Yōmeimon in the east, appears to have been guarded.
Säkerhetsnivån som upprätthölls i palatset sjönk, och i början av 1000-talet verkar endast en palatsport, Yōmeimon i öst, ha varit bevakad.