, also known as Mei-ō, was a after ''
Entoku'' and before ''
Bunki''. 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
was a province of Japan, which today comprises Shiga Prefecture. It was one of the provinces that made up the Tōsandō circuit. Its nickname is . Under the '' Engishiki'' classification system, Ōmi was ranked as one of the 13 "great countr ...
. He laid siege to
Mii-dera
, formally called , is a Buddhist temple in Japan located at the foot of Mount Hiei, in the city of Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture. It is a short distance from both Kyoto, and Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake. The head temple of the Jimon sect ...
. Takayori saved himself by escaping in the slopes of Mount Koka. Then, Shōgun Yoshimura returned to
Heian-kyō.
[Titsingh]
p. 362.
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* 1492 (''Meiō 2, 1st month''): The '' kampaku'' Ichijō Fuyuyoshi was named ''daijō-daijin
The was the head of the ''Daijō-kan'' (Great Council of State) during and after the Nara period and briefly under the Meiji Constitution. Equivalent to the Chinese (Grand Preceptor).
History
Emperor Tenji's favorite son, Prince Ōtomo, wa ...
.''Hatakeyama Masanaga
was a ''daimyō'' of the Hatakeyama clan and, according to some accounts, invented the '' horo'', a stiffened cloak used by messengers and bodyguards to improve their visibility on the battlefield, and to act as an arrow-catcher.
Masanaga is mos ...
, marched against Kawachi Province, with plans to capture and put to death Hatakeyama Toshitoyo, the son of Yoshinari.National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA ) is an United States scientific and regulatory agency within the United States Department of Commerce that forecasts weather, monitors oceanic and atmospheric conditio ...
(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 .Nankaidō
is a Japanese geographical term. It means both an ancient division of the country and the main road running through it. The road connected provincial capitals in this region. It was part of the Gokishichidō system.
The ''Nankaidō'' encompass ...
(), 7.5 .
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
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 48943301
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). '' Nihon Ōdai Ichiran''; 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 Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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1500s in Japan