was a after ''
Tentoku
was a after ''Tenryaku'' and before '' Ōwa.'' This period spanned the years from October 957 through February 961. The reigning emperors was .
Change of era
* February 3, 957 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of event ...
'' and before ''
Kōhō
was a after '' Ōwa'' and before ''Anna.'' This period spanned the years from July 964 through August 968. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* February 16, 964 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. ...
.'' This period spanned the years from February 961 through July 964. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* January 20, 961 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Tentoku'' 5, on the 16th day of the 2nd month.
[Brown, p. 297.]
Events of the ''Ōwa'' era
* 961 (''Ōwa 1, 11th month''): Emperor Murakami moved into a newly constructed palace which had to be re-built after the destructive fire of ''Tentoku'' 5 (960).
[Titsingh]
p. 141.
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* 962 (''Ōwa 2, 2nd month''): The emperor sent deputies to make offerings at number of Shinto
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shrines—at Ise Ise may refer to:
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* Ise, Mie, a city in Japan
**Ise Grand Shrine, a Shinto shrine located in Ise, Mie
* Ise Ekiti, a city in Nigeria
*Ise, Norway, a village in Norway
*Ise Province, an ancient province of Japan
* River Ise, a tributary of th ...
, at Kamo The name Kamo may refer to the following:
Places
Japan
(Note: ''kamo'' ( 鴨), is the common word for ''duck'' in Japanese, but the following names do not necessarily mean ''duck'' and are not necessarily written with that character.)
* Kamo, N ...
, at Mizunoo, at Hirano, and at Kasuga may refer to:
Places
* Kasuga, Fukuoka, a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
** Kasuga Station (Fukuoka), on the Kagoshima Main Line
* Kasuga, Hyogo, a former town in Hyōgo Prefecture
* Kasuga, Gifu, a former village in Gifu Prefecture
* Kas ...
.Fujiwara no Saneyori
, also known as ''Onomiya-dono'', was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Saneyori" in ; Brinkley, Frank ''et al.'' (1915).
Career
He was a minister during the ...
went to offer prayers at the Iwashimizu Shrine; and many from the Fujiwara clan
was a powerful family of imperial regents in Japan, descending from the Nakatomi clan and, as legend held, through them their ancestral god Ame-no-Koyane. The Fujiwara prospered since the ancient times and dominated the imperial court until ...
followed his example.
Notes
References
* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979)
''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past''.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
OCLC 251325323
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia''.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. After the retir ...
.
OCLC 58053128
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). '' Nihon Ōdai Ichiran''; ou
''Annales des empereurs du Japon''.
Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
OCLC 5850691
* Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa''. New York: Columbia University Press
Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by Jennifer Crewe (2014–present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fiel ...
.
OCLC 6042764
External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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