was a after ''

Kōhei was a after '' Tengi'' and before ''Jiryaku.'' This period spanned the years from August 1058 through August 1065. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 1058 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The pre ...

'' and before ''

Enkyū was a after ''Jiryaku'' and before '' Jōhō.'' This period spanned the years from April 1069 through August 1074. The reigning emperors were and . Change of Era * 1069 (): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. T ...

.'' This period spanned the years from August 1065 through April 1069. The reigning emperors were and .

Change of Era

* 1065 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Kōhei'' 8, 2nd day of the 8th month of 1065.

Events of the ''Jiryaku'' Era

* April 3, 1066 (''Jiryaku 2, 6th day of the 3rd month''): A broom star appeared in the east at first light. * 1068 (''Jiryaku 4, 14th day of the 8th month''): Ceremonies for starting construction on rebuilding the Coronation Hall, which had been destroyed by fire. * 1068 (''Jiryaku 4, 19th day of the 4th month''): In the 4th year of Emperor Go-Reizei's reign (後冷泉天皇4年), he died at age 44; and the succession (''senso'') was received by his son. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Go-Sanjo is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'').Titsingh, p. 166; Brown, p. 313; Varley, p. 44; 1 distinct act of ''senso'' is unrecognized prior to

Emperor Tenji , also known as Emperor Tenchi, was the 38th emperor of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'')天智天皇 (38)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan'', p. 5 ...

; and all sovereigns except

Jitō were medieval territory stewards in Japan, especially in the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates. Appointed by the ''shōgun'', ''jitō'' managed manors including national holdings governed by the provincial governor ( kokushi). There were also d ...

, Yōzei,

Go-Toba was the 82nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1183 through 1198. This 12th-century sovereign was named after Emperor Toba, and ''go-'' (後), translates literally as "later"; an ...

, and Fushimi have ''senso'' and ''sokui'' in the same year until the reign of

Emperor Go-Murakami (1328 – March 29, 1368) was the 97th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, and a member of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō period of rival courts. He reigned from September 18, 1339, until March 29, 13 ...

Notes

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* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979)
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* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
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* Pankenier, David W., Zhentao Xu and Yaotiao Jiang. (2008). ''Archaeoastronomy in East Asia: Historical Observational Records of Comets and Meteor Showers from China, Japan, and Korea.'' Amherst, New York: Cambria Press.
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* 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.''
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External links

* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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