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.
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Change of era
* 1748 : The era name was changed to (meaning "Prolonging Lenience") to mark the enthronement of Emperor Momozono
was the 116th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 桃園天皇 (115)/ref>Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan'', pp. 119–120. Momozono's reign sp ...
. The previous era ended and the new era commenced in 5, on the 12th day of the 7th month.
Events of the era
* 1748 ( 1): The first performance of the eleven-act puppet play (A copybook of the treasury of loyal retainers), depicting the classic story of samurai revenge, the 1702 vendetta of the 47 .
* 1748 ( 1): Ambassadors from Korea and from the Ryukyu Islands were received at court in Heian-kyō.Nijō Castle
is a flatland castle in Kyoto, Japan. The castle consists of two concentric rings (Kuruwa) of fortifications, the Ninomaru Palace, the ruins of the Honmaru Palace, various support buildings and several gardens. The surface area of the castle is ...
is burnt after it was struck by lightning.[Ponsonby-Fane, R. (1959). ''Kyoto: the Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869'', p. 321; Titsingh]
p. 418.
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Notes
References
* Hall, John Whitney. (1988). ''Early Modern Japan'' (''The Cambridge History of Japan'', Vol. 4). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII of England, King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press
A university press is an academic publishing hou ...
.
OCLC 489633115
* 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
* Ponsonby-Fane, Richard A.B. (1956). ''Kyoto: the Old Capital, 794-1869.'' Kyoto: Ponsonby-Fane Memorial
OCLC 36644
* Screech, Timon. (2006)
''Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822.''
London: RoutledgeCurzon
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.
OCLC 65177072
* 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
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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