, also known as Mei-ō, was a after ''
Entoku
was a after ''Chōkyō'' and before ''Meio''. This period spanned the years from August 1489 through July 1492. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* 1489 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended ...
'' and before ''
Bunki
was a after ''Meiō'' and before '' Eishō.'' This period spanned the years from February 1501 through February 1504. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* 1501 : The era name was changed to mark the anniversary of the enthronement of ...
''. This period spanned the years from through . Reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* 1492 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended and a new one commenced in ''Entoku'' 4.
Events of the ''Meiō'' era
* 1492 (''Meiō 1, 8th month''): Shōgun
Yoshimura[Titsigh, p. 364; this son of Yoshimi was named Yoshimura until 1501 when he changed his name to Yoshitane, and it is this name by which he will be more commonly recognized after his death.] led an army against Takayori in
Ōmi Province. He laid siege to
Mii-dera. Takayori saved himself by escaping in the slopes of Mount Koka. Then, Shōgun Yoshimura returned to
Heian-kyō
Heian-kyō was one of several former names for the city now known as Kyoto. It was the official capital of Japan for over one thousand years, from 794 to 1868 with an interruption in 1180.
Emperor Kanmu established it as the capital in 794, mov ...
.
[Titsingh]
p. 362.
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* 1492 (''Meiō 2, 1st month''): The '' kampaku'' Ichijō Fuyuyoshi
, son of regent Kaneyoshi, was a ''kugyō'' or court noble of the Muromachi period (1336–1573) of Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific O ...
was named '' daijō-daijin.''Kawachi Province
was a province of Japan in the eastern part of modern Osaka Prefecture. It originally held the southwestern area that was split off into Izumi Province. It was also known as .
Geography
The area was radically different in the past, with Kawachi ...
, with plans to capture and put to death Hatakeyama Toshitoyo, the son of Yoshinari.Kamakura
is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Kamakura has an estimated population of 172,929 (1 September 2020) and a population density of 4,359 persons per km² over the total area of . Kamakura was designated as a city on 3 November 1939.
Kamak ...
(), 7.1 on the Surface wave magnitude
The surface wave magnitude (M_s) scale is one of the magnitude scales used in seismology to describe the size of an earthquake. It is based on measurements of Rayleigh surface waves that travel along the uppermost layers of the Earth. This ma ...
scale ().[ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)]
National Geophysical Data Center
(NGDC)
NOAA/Japan: Significant Earthquake Database
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* July 9, 1498 (''Meiō 7, 20th day of the 6th month''): Earthquake in the Enshū-nada Sea (), 6.4 .
See also
* Historic tsunami
This article lists notable tsunamis, which are sorted by the date and location that the tsunami occurred.
Because of seismic and volcanic activity associated with tectonic plate boundaries along the Pacific Ring of Fire, tsunamis occur most fr ...
Notes
References
* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
OCLC 48943301
* 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
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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