帝てい都と

noun

imperial capital

Refers specifically to the capital city of an empire, often used in historical or formal contexts. In modern Japanese, it is strongly associated with Tokyo during the pre-war period when Japan was an empire.

• 帝てい都と東とう京きょうは、かつて日に本ほんの政せい治じと文ぶん化かの中ちゅう心しんだった。

  The imperial capital Tokyo was once the political and cultural center of Japan.

• この小しょう説せつは帝てい都とを舞ぶ台たいにした歴れき史し物もの語がたりだ。

  This novel is a historical tale set in the imperial capital.