was a after ''
Kanpō
was a , also known as Kampō, after ''Genbun'' and before '' Enkyō.'' This period spanned the years from February 1741 through February 1744. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* 1741 : Based on the belief in Chinese astrology that the ...
'' and before ''
Kan'en
was a after and before . This period spanned the years from July 1748 to October 1751. The reigning emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834) ''Annales des empereurs du japon'', p. 418./ref>
Change of era
* 1748 : The era name was changed to (me ...
.'' This period spanned the years from February 1744 through July 1748. The reigning emperors were and .
[Titsingh, Isaac. (1834)]
''Annales des empereurs du japon'', pp. 417-418.
/ref>
Change of era
* 1744 : The new era of ''Enkyō'' (meaning "Becoming Prolonged") was created to mark the start of a new 60-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac
The Chinese zodiac is a traditional classification scheme based on the lunar calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle. Originating from China, the zodiac and its variations remain ...
. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Kampō 4'', on the
Events of ''Enkyō'' era
* 1744 (''Enkyō 1''): Great comet was visible in sky for many months; this comet is likely to have been what is today identified as C/1743 X1
The Great Comet of 1744, whose official designation is C/1743 X1, and which is also known as Comet de Chéseaux or Comet Klinkenberg-Chéseaux, was a spectacular comet that was observed during 1743 and 1744. It was discovered independently in lat ...
(De Cheseaux).[Zhuang, T. (1988). ''Acta Astronomica Sinica'', v29:2, p. 208....Click link for online Harvard-Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System]
* 1745 (''Enkyō 2''): Tokugawa Ieshige
Tokugawa Ieshige; 徳川 家重 (January 28, 1712 – July 13, 1761) was the ninth ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan.
The first son of Tokugawa Yoshimune, his mother was the daughter of Ōkubo Tadanao, known as Osuma no kata. ...
became shōgun of the Edo bakufu
The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Ja ...
.[Titsingh]
p. 418.
/ref>
* 1745 (''Enkyō 2''): First establishment of a market fair in the capital was to be found at the temple of Hirano, in the Ōmi province
was a province of Japan, which today comprises Shiga Prefecture. It was one of the provinces that made up the Tōsandō circuit. Its nickname is . Under the ''Engishiki'' classification system, Ōmi was ranked as one of the 13 "great countrie ...
.
Notes
References
* 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 retirem ...
.
OCLC 48943301
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Nihon Odai Ichiran
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
''; ou
''Annales des empereurs du Japon.''
Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
OCLC 5850691
* Zhuang, T. (1988). ''Acta Astronomica Sinica'', v29:2.
External links
* National Diet Library
The is the national library of Japan and among the largest libraries in the world. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the in researching matters of public policy. The library is similar in purpose and scope to ...
, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
Japanese eras
1740s in Japan
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