was a after ''
Ōwa
was a after ''Tentoku'' and before ''Kōhō.'' This period spanned the years from February 961 through July 964. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* January 20, 961 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. T ...
'' and before ''
Anna
Anna may refer to:
People Surname and given name
* Anna (name)
Mononym
* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
* Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773)
* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century)
* Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221)
...
.'' This period spanned the years from July 964 through August 968. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* February 16, 964 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Ōwa'' 4, on the 10th day of the 7th month of 964.
[Brown, p. 297.]
Events of the ''Kōhō'' era
* 964 (''Kōhō 1, 4th month''): The Empress Fujiwara no Ansi died. The empress' younger sister married the emperor's older brother, Shigeakira''-shinnō''; and shortly afterwards, he died and then his wife also died. In his grief, the emperor neglected his duty to care for the government.
[Titsingh]
p. 142.
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* 965 (''Kōhō 2, 4th month''): The ''udaijin
was a government position in Japan in the late Nara and Heian periods. The position was consolidated in the Taihō Code of 702. The Asuka Kiyomihara Code of 689 marks the initial appearance of the ''udaijin'' in the context of a central administr ...
'' Fujiwara no Akihira died at the age of 68.
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 Ōdai Ichiran
, ', is a 17th-century chronicle of the serial reigns of Japanese emperors with brief notes about some of the noteworthy events or other happenings.
According to the 1871 edition of the ''American Cyclopaedia'', the 1834 French translation of ...
''; 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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