was a after ''
Jingo-keiun'' and before ''
Ten'ō
was a after ''Hōki'' and before ''Enryaku.'' This period lasted from January 781 through August 782. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* 24 October 781 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous ...
''. This period spanned the years from October 770 through January 781. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* 770 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Jingo-keiun '' 4, on the 18th day of the 8th month of 770.
[Brown, p. 277.]
Events of the ''Hōki'' era
* 23 October 770 (''Hōki 1, 1st day of the 10th month''): The era name was changed to mark the beginning of Emperor Konin's reign.
* 778 (''Hōki 9''): The emperor granted ''
Kashima-jinja'' a divine seal for use on documents.
* 28 August 779 (''Hōki 10, 7th month''):
Fujiwara no Momokawa
was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Nara period.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Momokawa" in . His original name was .
Career at court
He was a minister during the reigns of Empress Kōken/Shōtoku and ...
died at age 48.
* 781 (''Hōki 12, 4th month ''): The emperor abdicated in favor of his son, who would later come to be known as
Emperor Kanmu
, or Kammu, was the 50th emperor of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 桓武天皇 (50) retrieved 2013-8-22. according to the traditional order of succession. Kanmu reigned from 781 to 806, and it was during his reign that the s ...
. Emperor Kōnin's reign had lasted for 11 years.
* 781 (''Hōki 12, 12th month''): Kōnin died at the age of 73.
[Brown, p. 277; Varley, p. 148.]
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 retir ...
.
OCLC 58053128*
Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1963). ''The Vicissitudes of Shinto''. 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). ''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 fie ...
.
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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