Chōhō (era)
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Chōhō (長保?) was a Japanese era (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Chōtoku and before Kankō. This period spanned the years from 999 through 1004. The reigning emperor was Ichijō-tennō (一条天皇?).[1]
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[edit] Change of era
- Chōhō gannen (長保元年?); 999: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Chōtoku 5, on the 13th day of the 1st month of 999.[2]
[edit] Events of the Chōhō era
- Chōhō 1 (999):
[edit] References
- Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). [ Jien, 1221], Gukanshō (The Future and the Past, a translation and study of the Gukanshō, an interpretative history of Japan written in 1219). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-03460-0
- 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)
- Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [ Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1359], Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley). New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-04940-4
[edit] External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Chōhō | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
| Gregorian | 999 | 1000 | 1001 | 1002 | 1003 | 1004 |
| Preceded by Shōryaku |
Era or nengō Chōhō 999 – 1004 |
Succeeded by Kankō |
