Meiō

Meiō (明応, Meiō^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Entoku and before Bunki. This period spanned the years from 1492 through 1501. Reigning emperors were Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō (後土御門天皇, Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō^?) and Go-Kashiwabara-tennō (後柏原天皇, Go-Kashiwabara-tennō^?).^[1]

[edit] Change of era

Meiō gannen (明応元年, Meiō gannen^?); 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.

Meiō 1, in the 8th month (1492): Shogun Yoshimura^[2] led an army against Takayori in Ōmi province. He laid siege to Mii-dera. Takayori saved himself by escaping in the slopes of Mount Koka. Then, Shogun Yoshimura returned to Heian-kyō.^[3]
Meiō 2, in the 1st month (1492): The kampaku Ichijō Fuyuyoshi was named daijō-daijin.^[3]
Meiō 2, in the 2nd month (1492): Shogun Yoshimura, acommpanied by Hatakeyama Masanaga, marched against Kawachi province, with plans to capture and put to death Hatakeyama Toshitoyo, the son of Yoshinari.^[3]
Meiō 4 (September 12, 1495): Earthquake at Kashima (Latitude: 35.100/Longitude: 139.500), 7.1 magnitude on the Richter Scale.^[4]...Click link for NOAA/Japan: Significant Earthquake Database
Meiō 7 (July 9, 1498): Earthquake in the Enshunada Sea (Latitude: 34.400/Longitude: 137.700), 6.4 on the Richter Scale.^[4]
Meiō 7 (September 20, 1498): Earthquake in the Enshunada Sea (Latitude: 34.000/Longitude: 138.100), 8.6 on the Richter Scale.^[4]
Meiō 7 (September 20, 1498): Earthquake in Nankaido (Latitude: 33.500/Longitude: 135.200), 7.5 on the Richter Scale.^[4]

^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 352-364.
^ 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.]
^ ^a ^b ^c Titsingh, p. 362.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Online "Significant Earthquake Database" -- U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)

Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (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)