Meiō

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Meiō (明応), also known as Mei-ō, was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Entoku and before Bunki. This period spanned the years from July 1492 through February 1501.^[1] Reigning emperors were Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō (後土御門天皇) and Go-Kashiwabara-tennō (後柏原天皇).^[2]

Change of era

• 1492 Meiō gannen (明応元年): 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.

Events of the Meiō era

• 1492 (Meiō 1, 8th month): Shogun Yoshimura^[3] 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.^[4]
• 1492 (Meiō 2, 1st month): The kampaku Ichijō Fuyuyoshi was named daijō-daijin.^[4]
• 1492 (Meiō 2, 2nd month): Shogun Yoshimura, accompanied by Hatakeyama Masanaga, marched against Kawachi province, with plans to capture and put to death Hatakeyama Toshitoyo, the son of Yoshinari.^[4]
• September 12, 1495 (Meiō 4, 24th day of the 8th month): Earthquake at Kamakura (35°06′00″N 139°30′00″E / 35.100°N 139.500°E / 35.100; 139.500), 7.1 magnitude on the Richter Scale.^[5]
• July 9, 1498 (Meiō 7, 20th day of the 6th month): Earthquake in the Enshunada Sea (34°24′00″N 137°42′00″E / 34.400°N 137.700°E / 34.400; 137.700), 6.4 on the Richter Scale.^[5]
• September 20, 1498 (Meiō 7, 2nd day of the 7th month): Earthquake in the Enshunada Sea (34°00′00″N 138°06′00″E / 34.000°N 138.100°E / 34.000; 138.100), 8.6 on the Richter Scale; and also on that same day, another earthquake in Nankaido (33°30′00″N 135°12′00″E / 33.500°N 135.200°E / 33.500; 135.200), 7.5 on the Richter Scale.^[5]

See also

• Historic tsunami

Notes

References

• Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691

External links

• National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection