Shōhō
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Shōhō (正保?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Kan'ei and before Keian. This period spanned the years from 1644 through 1648. The reigning emperor was Go-Komyo-tennō (後光明天皇?).[1]
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[edit] Change of era
- Shōhō gannen (正保元年?), 1644: The era name was changed to Shōhō to mark the enthronement of the new emperor Go-Kōmyō. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Kan'ei 21, on the 16th day of the 12th month.[2]
[edit] Events of the Shōhō era
- Shōhō 1 (1644): The third major map of Japan was ordered by the Shogunate -- the first having been completed in Keicho 10 -- at a scale of 1:432,000 (based on maps of the provinces drawn to a scale of 1:21,600).[3]
- Shōhō 2, on the 23rd day of the 4th month (1645): The Shogun was elevated the court role of Middle Counselor (中納言 Chūnaigon?).[1]
- Shōhō 2 (January 18, 1646: Death of Hosokawa Tadaoki.
- Shōhō 3 (May 11, 1646): Death of Yagyu Munenori.
- Shōhō 3 (June 13, 1645): Death of Miyamoto Musashi.
- Shōhō 3 (December 1645): Death of Takuan Sōhō, a leading figure in the Zen reform movement.[4]
- Shōhō 6 (1648): The shogunate issues a legal code governing the lives of commoners in Edo.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 412.
- ^ Hall, John Whitney. The Cambridge History of Japan. p. xx.
- ^ Traganeou, Jilly. (2004). The Tokaido Road: Traveling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan, p. 230.
- ^ Hall, John Whitney. The Cambridge History of Japan. p. xx.
- ^ Hall, John Whitney. The Cambridge History of Japan. p. xx.
- Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-700-71720-X
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Supplément aux annales des daïri, appended to [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)
- Traganeou, Jilly. (2004). The Tokaido Road: Traveling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-4153-1091-1
[edit] External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
- National Archives of Japan ...Click link for map of Edo in the 1st or 2nd year of Shōhō (1644 or 1645)
Shōhō | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
Gregorian | 1644 | 1645 | 1646 | 1647 | 1648 |
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