Chōshō
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Chōshō ( 長承?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Tenshō and before Hōen. This period spanned the years from 1132 through 1135. The reigning emperor was Sutoku-tennō (崇徳天皇?).[1]
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[edit] Change of Era
- Chōshō gannen (長承元年?); 1132: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Tenshō 2, on the 11th day of the 8th month of 1132.[2]
[edit] Events of the Chōshō Era
- Chōshō 1, in the 1st month (1132): Fujiwara no Tadasane received a sign of the emperor's favor.[3]
- Chōshō 1, in the 3rd month (1132): The former-Emperor Toba decided to build himself a palace; and Taira-no Tadamori was placed in charge of its construction. When the project was completed, Tadamori was rewarded by being named governor of the island of Tsushima. Tadamori was a descendant of Emperor Kammu.[3]
- Chōshō 1, in the 3rd month (1132): Emperor Sutoku made a pilgrimage to Mount Koya.[3]
- Chōshō 2, on the 29th day of the 6th month (1133): Former-Emperor Toba had Fujiwara Kanezane's daughter (the future Kaya-no In, 1095-1155) brought to his palace as his consort.[4]
- Chōshō 3, on the 19th day of the 3rd month (1133): Kanezane's daughter -- Toba's consort -- is advanced to the position of empress, but she bore no Imperial sons.[4]
- Chōshō 3, in the 3rd month (1134): The Emperor visited the Kasuga Shrine.[3]
- Chōshō 3, in the 3rd month (1134): Sutoku visited the Hiyoshi Shrine.[3]
- Chōshō 3, in the 5th month (1134): The Emperor visited the Iwashimizu Shrine.[3]
- Chōshō 3, in the 5th month (1134): Sutoku visited the Kamo Shrines.[3]
This era was known as a time of famine.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des emepereurs du japon, pp. 181-185; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 322-324; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 204-205.
- ^ Brown, p. 323.
- ^ a b c d e f g Titsingh, p. 184.
- ^ a b Brown, p. 93.
- ^ Dobbins, James. (2004). Letters of the Nun Eshinni: Images of Pure Land Buddhism in Medieval Japan, p. 55.
- Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). [ Jien, c. 1220], Gukanshō; "The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō,' an interpretive history of Japan written in 1219" translated from the Japanese and edited by Delmer M. Brown & Ichirō Ishida. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-03460-0
- Dobbins, James C. (2004). Letters of the Nun Eshinni. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-2870-4
- 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
| Chōshō | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Gregorian | 1132 | 1133 | 1134 | 1135 |
| Preceded by Tenshō |
Era or nengō Chōshō 1132 – 1135 |
Succeeded by Hōen |
