was a
Japanese era name
The , also known as , is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being ""), followed by the literal ...
(年号, ''nengō'', lit. year name) after ''
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 ...
'' and before ''
Jōryaku
was a Japanese era name (年号, ''nengō'', lit. year name) after ''Jōhō'' and before '' Eihō.'' This period spanned the years from November 1077 through February 1081. The reigning emperor was .
Change of Era
* January 27, 1077 : The new ...
.'' This period spanned the years from August 1074 through November 1077. The reigning emperor was .
Change of Era
* January 30, 1074 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Enkyū'' 6, on the 23rd day of the 8th month of 1074.
Events of the ''Jōhō'' Era
* 1074 (''Jōhō 1, 1st month''): ''Dianagon'' Minamoto- no Takakune asked to be relieved of his duties because of his age. He was 71, and he wanted to retire to Uji. In his retirement, he was visited by many friends with whom he pursued research into the history of Japan. He brought this work together in a book.
[Titsingh]
p. 169.
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* March 7, 1074 (''Jōhō 1, 7th day of the 2nd month''): The former ''kampaku'' Fujiwara Yorimichi
(992–1071) was a Japanese court noble. He succeeded his father Michinaga to the position of Sesshō in 1017, and then went on to become Kampaku from 1020 until 1068. In both these positions, he acted as Regent to the Emperor, as many of his ...
died at the age of 83. In this same period, his sister, the widow of Emperor Ichijo, died at the age of 87.[Brown, pp. 315-316.]
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 retirem ...
.
OCLC 58053128
* 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
* 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 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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