was a after ''
Reiki'' and before ''
Jinki.'' This period spanned the years from November 717 through February 724. The reigning empress was .
Change of era
* 717 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Reiki'' 3, on the 17th day of the 11th month of 717.
Events of the ''Yōrō'' era
* 717 (''Yōrō 1, 3rd month''): The ''sadaijin''
Isonokami no Maro died at age 78.
* 717 (''Yōrō 1, 9th month''): Empress Genshō traveled through
Ōmi Province
was a Provinces of Japan, province of Japan, which today comprises Shiga Prefecture. It was one of the provinces that made up the Tōsandō Circuit (subnational entity), circuit. Its nickname is . Under the ''Engishiki'' classification system, ...
where she was met by the lords of the
San'indō, the
San'yōdō and the
Nankaidō; and she was entertained with singing and dancing. From there, she traveled to
Mino Province where the lords of the
Tōkaidō,
Tōsandō
is a Japanese geographical term. It means both an ancient division of the country and the main road running through it. It is part of the ''Gokishichidō'' system. It was situated along the central mountains of northern Honshu, specifically th ...
and
Hokurikudō who rendered similar honors and entertainments.
* 718 (''Yōrō 2''): Revisions and commentaries on the
Taihō Code
The was an administrative reorganisation enacted in 703 in Japan, at the end of the Asuka period. It was historically one of the . It was compiled at the direction of Prince Osakabe, Fujiwara no Fuhito and Awata no Mahito. Nussbaum, Louis- ...
are issued; and these changes are collectively known as the .
* 721 (''Yōrō 5, 5th month''): The newly completed ''
Nihon Shoki'' in 30 volumes was offered to the Empress.
[Titsingh]
p. 66.
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* 721 (''Yōrō 5, 5th month''): The ''udaijin'' Fujiwara no Fuhito died at age 62.[Titsingh]
p. 67.
/ref>
* 721 (''Yōrō 5, 5th month''): The former- Empress Genmei died at age 61.
Notes
References
* Asakawa, Kan'ichi. (1903)
''The Early Institutional Life of Japan''.
Tokyo: Shueisha
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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
* 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 Ōdai Ichiran''; 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
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.
OCLC 6042764
External links
* National Diet Library
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, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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