Jōkyō
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Jōkyō (貞享?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Tenna and before Genroku. This period spanned the years from 1684 through 1688. The reigning emperors were Reigen-tennō (霊元天皇?) and Higashiyama-tennō (東山天皇?).[1]
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[edit] Change of era
- Jōkyō gannen (貞享元年?); 1684: The new era of Jōkyō (meaning "Taking Righteousness") was created to mark the start of a new cycle of the Chinese zodiac. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Tenna 4, on the 21st day of the 2nd month.
[edit] Events of the Jōkyō era
- Jōkyō 1 (1684): A fire burned the Imperial palace to ashes; and the reconstruction would take a year.[2]
- Jōkyō 1 (1684): Having met with success in Osaka's kabuki theater, Chikamatsu Monzaemon begans to write plays for the kabuki audience in Heian-kyō; and in part, his success will stem from the way his work would sometimes mirror current happenings and contemporary urban characters.[3]
- Jōkyō 2, on the 22nd day of the 2nd month (1685): The former-Emperor Go-Sai died; and a large comet appeared in the night sky.[1]
- Jōkyō 3, on the 21st day of the 3rd month (1687): Emperor Reigen abdicates in favor of his son, who will become Emperor Higashiyama.[1] After abdication, Reigen's new home will be called the Sentō-gosho (the palace for an ex-Emperor).[2]
- Jōkyō 4, on the 16th day of the 11th month (December 20, 1688): The esoteric Daijō-sai ceremony, having been in abeyane since the time of Emperor Go-Kashiwabara -- for nine reigns -- was revived because of the bakufu's insistence.[4] This Shinto ritual is performed only once by emperor in the period of the enthronement ceremonies.[5]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 415.
- ^ a b Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869, p. 342.
- ^ Calvet, Robert. (2003). Les Japonais, p. 182.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 318.
- ^ Bock, Felicia G. (1990). "The Great Feast of the Enthronement," Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 27-38.
[edit] References
- Bock, Felicia G. (1990). "The Great Feast of the Enthronement," Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 45, No. 1.
- Calvert, Robert. (2003). Les Japonais: Histoire d'un peuple. Paris: Armand Colin. ISBN 2-200-26317-1
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard A.B. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society.
- 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, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.... Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)
[edit] External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Jōkyō | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
| Gregorian | 1684 | 1685 | 1686 | 1687 | 1688 |
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