was a after ''
Ten'en'' and before ''
Tengen.'' This period spanned the years from July 976 through November 978. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* February 3, 976 : 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 ''Ten'en'' 4, on the 13th day of the 7th month of 976.
Events of the ''Jōgen'' era
* June 11, 976 (''Jōgen 1, 11th day of the 5th month''): The Imperial Palace was destroyed by a great fire.
[Titsingh]
p. 145.
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* December 20, 977 ('Jōgen 2, 8th day of the 11th month''): Fujiwara no Kanemichi dies at the age of 51.[Titsingh]
p. 146.
/ref>
Notes
References
* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979)
''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past''.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
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* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia''.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press
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* 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
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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
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