Jisho Coup
Jisho may refer to: * Jishō, a Japanese era spanning from August 1177 through July 1181 * Jisho, the romanized word for ''dictionary'' in Japanese, in reference to Japanese dictionaries * ''Nippo Jisho The or ''Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam'' (''Vocabulário da Língua do Japão'' in modern Portuguese; "Vocabulary of the Language of Japan" in English) is a Japanese to Portuguese dictionary compiled by Jesuit missionaries and published in N ...

Jishō
was a after ''Angen'' and before ''Yōwa''. This period spanned the years from August 1177 through July 1181. The reigning emperors were and . Change of era * 1177 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Angen'' 3, on the 4th day of the 8th month of 1177. Events of the ''Jishō'' era * 1177 (''Jishō 1, 28th day of the 4th month''): A great fire in the capital was spread by high winds; and the palace was reduced to cinders. * 1178 (''Jishō 2, 12th day of the 11th month''): Emperor Takakura's consort, Tokuko, gives birth to an infant who will become Emperor Antoku.Kitagawa, H. (1975). ''The Tale of the Heike'', p. 784. * 1180 (''Jisho 4, 21st day of the 2nd month''): Emperor Takakura abdicates. * 1180 (''Jishō 4, 21st day of the 4th month''): In the 12th year of Takakura''-tennō''s reign (高倉天皇12年), the emperor was forced to abdicate; and the succession (''senso'') was received by h ...
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Japanese Dictionary
have a history that began over 1300 years ago when Japanese Buddhist priests, who wanted to understand Chinese sutras, adapted Chinese character dictionaries. Present-day Japanese lexicographers are exploring computerized editing and electronic dictionaries. According to Nakao Keisuke (): It has often been said that dictionary publishing in Japan is active and prosperous, that Japanese people are well provided for with reference tools, and that lexicography here, in practice as well as in research, has produced a number of valuable reference books together with voluminous academic studies. (1998:35) After introducing some Japanese "dictionary" words, this article will discuss early and modern Japanese dictionaries, demarcated at the 1603 CE lexicographical sea-change from ''Nippo Jisho'', the first bilingual Japanese–Portuguese dictionary. "Early" here will refer to lexicography during the Heian, Kamakura, and Muromachi periods (794–1573); and "modern" to Japanese dictionari ...
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