Enkyō (Edo period)
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For the earlier Japanese historical era of the same name , see Enkyō (Kamakura period) .
Enkyō (延享?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Kanpō and before Kan'en. This period spanned the years from 1744 through 1748. The reigning emperors were Sakuramachi-tennō (桜町天皇?) and Momozono-tennō (桃園天皇?).[1]
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[edit] Change of era
- Enkyō gannen (延享元年?); 1744: The new era of Enkyō (meaning "Becoming Prolonged") was created to mark the start of a new 60-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Kampō 4, on the
[edit] Events of Enkyō era
- Enkyō 1 (1744): Great comet was visible in sky for many months; and this comet is likely to have been what is today identified as C/1743 C1 (De-Cheseaux). [2]...Click link for online Harvard-Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System]
- Enkyō 2 (1745): Tokugawa Ieshige became shogun of the Edo bakufu.[1]
- Enkyō 2 (1745): First establishment of a market fair in the capital was to be found at the temple of Hirano, in the Ōmi province.[1]
- Enkyō 3, in the 2nd month (1745): A great fire sweeps through Edo.[1]
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-700-71720-X
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. ... Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)
- Zhuang, T. (1988). Acta Astronomica Sinica, v29:2.
[edit] External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Enkyō | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
| Gregorian | 1744 | 1745 | 1746 | 1747 | 1748 |
| Preceded by Kanpō |
Era or nengō Enkyō 1744 – 1748 |
Succeeded by Kan'en |
