Enpō
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Enpō (延宝?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Kanbun and before Tenna. This period spanned the years from 1673 to 1681. The reigning emperor was Reigen-tennō (霊元天皇?).[1]
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[edit] Change of era
- Enpō gannen (延宝元年?); 1673: The new era of Enpō (meaning "Prolonged Wealth") was created to mark a number of disasters including a great fire in Kyōto. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Kanbun 14, on the ninth day of the 13th month.
[edit] Events of the Enpō era
- Enpō 1 (1673): There was a great fire in Heian-kyō.[2]
- Enpō 1 (1673): The foundations for Mitsui financial success began with the opening of a dry good store in Edo.[3]
- Enpō 2, on the 5th day of the 4th month (1674): Ingen Ryuki, founder of the Ōbaku sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism, died at Mampuku-ji, a Buddhist temple which Ingen had founded at Uji, near Heian-kyō.[2]
- Enpō 3 (1675): A devastating fire burned Heian-kyō.[2]
- Enpō 3 (1675): The Bonin Islands (Ogasawara Islands) are explored by shogunate expedition, following up "discovery" of the islands by the Japanese when a ship bound for Edo from Kyushu is blown off course by a storm in Kanbun 10. The islands are claimed as a territory of Japan.[4]
- Enpō 8, on the 8th day of the 3rd month (1680): Tokugawa Ietsuna, the 4th shogun of the Edo bakufu died; and his named successor, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, was ready to take his place as the 5th Tokugawa shogun.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Titsingh, Issac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 414-415.
- ^ a b c d Titsingh, p. 414.
- ^ Hall, John Whitney. (1970). Japan: From Prehistory to Modern Times, p. 209.
- ^ Tanaka, Hiroyuki. (1993). "The Ogasawara Islands in Tokugawa Japan," Kaiji Shi Kenkyuu (Journal of the Maritime History).
- Hall, John Whitney. (1970). Japan: From Prehistory to Modern Times in Delacorte World History, Vol. XX. New York: Delacorte Press. ISBN 0-2970-0237-6
- Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-700-71720-X
- Tanaka, Hiroyuki. (1993). "The Ogasawara Islands in Tokugawa Japan," Kaiji Shi Kenkyuu (Journal of the Maritime History). No. 50, June, 1993, Tokyo: The Japan Society of the History of Maritime.... Click link to digitized, full-text copy of this monograph (in English)
- Titsingh, Isaac. (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)
[edit] External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Enpō | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th |
| Gregorian | 1673 | 1674 | 1675 | 1676 | 1677 | 1678 | 1679 | 1680 | 1681 |
| Preceded by Kanbun |
Era or nengō Enpō 1673 – 1681 |
Succeeded by Tenna |
