Daidō

This article is about an historical era. For the sumo wrestler, see Daidō Kenji.

Daidō (大同) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Enryaku and before Kōnin. This period spanned the years from May 806 through September 810.[1] The reigning emperors were Heizei-tennō (平城天皇) and Saga-tennō (嵯峨天皇).[2]

Change of era

Events of the Daidō era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Daidō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 137, p. 137, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 96-97; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 279-280; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 151.
  3. Brown, p. 280.
  4. Titsingh, p. 95; Brown, pp. 278-279; Varley, p. 44. [A distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami.
  5. Titsingh, p. 96; Brown, p. 280; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 44.

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Preceded by
Enryaku
Era or nengō
Daidō

806–809
Succeeded by
Kōnin
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