was a after a late 7th century interruption in the sequence of nengō after
Shuchō and before ''
Keiun
, also known as Kyōun, was a following '' Taihō'' and preceding '' Wadō''. The period spanned the years from May 704 through January 708. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* 704 : The new era name was created to mark an event or ...
''. This period spanned the years from March 701 through May 704. The reigning emperor was .
History
In 701, also known as , the new era name ''Taihō'' (meaning "Great Treasure") was proclaimed to memorialize the creation of the "great treasure" of codified organization and laws. The new era commenced on the 21st day of the 3rd month of 701.
Timeline
The system of Japanese era names was not the same as
Imperial reign dates.
Events of the ''Taihō'' era
* 701 (''Taihō 1''): Plans for sending a diplomatic
mission to the Tang court was approved.
[Fogel, Joshua A. (2009). ''Articulating the Sinosphere: Sino-Japanese Relations in Space and Time'', pp. 102–107]
publisher's blurb
* 702 (''Taihō 2''): The or ''Taihōryō'' reorganizing the central government and completing many of the reforms begun by the
Taika Reforms
The were a set of doctrines established by Emperor Kōtoku (孝徳天皇 ''Kōtoku tennō'') in the year 645. They were written shortly after the death of Prince Shōtoku and the defeat of the Soga clan (蘇我氏 ''Soga no uji''), uniting Japan ...
in 646.
* 702 (''Taihō 2''): A mission to the Tang court, led by , embarked on their journey to China, traveling by ship.
This was called the "embassy of Taihō" because it was begun during this era.
[Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). ''Sovereign and Subject'', p. 244.]
Notes
References
*
Asakawa, Kan'ichi. (1903)
''The Early Institutional Life of Japan''.Tokyo:
Shueisha
(lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...
OCLC 4427686 ''see'' online, multi-formatted, full-text book at openlibrary.org
* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979)
''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past''.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
OCLC 251325323
* Fogel, Joshua A. (2009). ''Articulating the Sinosphere: Sino-Japanese Relations in Space and Time''. 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 ...
. ;
* Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1962)
''Sovereign and Subject''.
Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society.
* 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)
''Jinnō Shōtōki: A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns''.
New York: Columbia University Press.
OCLC 59145842
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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