, also romanized as Jō-ō, was a

Japanese era name The or , is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being "", meaning "origin, basis"), followed b ...

(年号, ''nengō'', lit. year name) after ''

Jōkyū , also called Shōkyū, was a Japanese era name (年号, ''nengō'', lit. year name) after ''Kempo (era), Kempō'' and before ''Jōō (Kamakura period), Jōō.'' This period spanned the years from April 1219 through April 1222.Nussbaum, Louis-Fr ...

'' and before ''

Gennin ''For the formerly-German town of Gennin, see Jenin, Poland'' was a after ''Jōō (Kamakura period), Jōō'' and before ''Karoku.'' This period spanned the years from November 1224 to April 1225. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 12 ...

.'' This period spanned the years from April 1222 to November 1224.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Jō-ō''" i
''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 432
n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File
The reigning emperor was Go-Horikawa''-tennō''.

Change of era

* 1222 : The era name was changed to ''Jōō'' (meaning "Righteous Answer") to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Jōkyū'', on the 13th day of the 4th month of 1222.

Events of the ''Jōō'' era

* 1222 (''Jōō 2''): Regulations established concerning salaries for ''

Jitō were medieval territory stewards in Japan, especially in the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates. Appointed by the shōgun, ''jitō'' managed manors, including national holdings governed by the '' kokushi'' or provincial governor. There were als ...

'' * July 19, 1223 (''Jōō 2, 20th day of the 6th month''): The buildings of the

Asama Shrine An is a type of Shinto Shrine in Japan centered on the worship of the ''kami'' of volcanos in general, and Mount Fuji in particular.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). ''Studies in Shinto and Shrines,'' p.454. Per the Jinja Honchō, there are approx ...

at the base of

Mount Fuji is an active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu, with a summit elevation of . It is the highest mountain in Japan, the second-highest volcano on any Asian island (after Mount Kerinci on the Indonesian island of Sumatra), a ...

Suruga province was an Provinces of Japan, old province in the area that is today the central part of Shizuoka Prefecture. Suruga bordered on Izu Province, Izu, Kai Province, Kai, Sagami Province, Sagami, Shinano Province, Shinano, and Tōtōmi Province, Tōtōm ...

were re-built by

Hōjō Tokimasa was a Japanese samurai lord who was the first ''shikken'' (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate and head of the Hōjō clan. He was ''shikken'' from 1203 until his abdication in 1205, and Protector of Kyoto from 1185 to 1186. Background The Hō ...

.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). ''Studies in Shinto and Shrines'', p. 461.

Notes

References

* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida. (1979). ''The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō', an interpretative history of Japan written in 1219.'' Berkeley:

University of California Press The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1893 to publish scholarly and scientific works by faculty ...

.
OCLC 5145872
* Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1962)
''Studies in Shinto and Shrines.''
Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society
OCLC 3994492
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''
Cambridge:

Harvard University Press Harvard University Press (HUP) is an academic publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University. It is a member of the Association of University Presses. Its director since 2017 is George Andreou. The pres ...

.
OCLC 58053128
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''

Nihon Odai Ichiran Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in t ...

''; 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 New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's la ...

.
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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Joo (Kamakura period) Japanese eras 1220s in Japan 13th-century neologisms