Hōei

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Hōei (宝永?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Genroku and before Shōtoku. This period spanned the years from 1704 through 1711. The reigning emperors were Higashiyama-tennō (東山天皇?) and Nakamikado-tennō (中御門天皇?).[1]

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[edit] Change of era

  • Hōei gannen (宝永元年?); 1704: In reaction to the Great Genroku Earthquake in Genroku 16, the era name was changed to Hōei (meaning "Prosperous Eternity"). The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Genroku 17, on the 13th day of the 3rd month.

[edit] Events of the Hōei era

Looking down towards the peak of Mt. Fuji and its central crater
Looking down towards the peak of Mt. Fuji and its central crater
Distribution of volcanic cinders and ash falling across central Honshu after the eruption of Mt. Fuji in Hoei 4 (1707)
Distribution of volcanic cinders and ash falling across central Honshu after the eruption of Mt. Fuji in Hoei 4 (1707)
  • Hōei 4, on the 14th day of the 10th month (1707): Great Hōei Earthquake. The city of Osaka suffers tremendously because of a very violent earthquake.[2]
  • Hōei 5 (1708): The shogunate introduces new copper coins into circulation; and each coin is marked with the Hōei nengō name {Hōei Tsubo).[3]
  • Hōei 5, on the 8th day of the 3rd month (1708): There was a great fire in Heian-kyō.[3]
  • Hōei 5, 8th month (1708): Italian missionary Giovanni Sidotti landed in Yakushima, where he was promptly is arrested.
  • Hōei 6, on the 10th day of the 1st month (1709): The wife of Shogun Tsunayoshi killed him with a knife, and then she stabbed herself in the heart. Tsunayoshi's homosexual interests were aroused by the son of the daimyo of Kai; and his plans to adopt this Tokugawa youth as his successor were known by a few inside Edo castle. The shogun's wife, who was also a daughter of the emperor, foresaw that this choice of a successor would be very poorly received by many; and she feared that it might result in a disastrous civil war. The shogun's wife did everything she could to dissuade Tsunayoshi from continuing with such potentially divisive and dangerous plans; and when it became clear that her persuasive arguments were in vain, she resolutely sacrificed herself for the good of the country -- she killed her husband and then killed herself.[3]
  • Hōei 6, in the 4th month (1709): Minamoto no Ienobu, Tsunayoshi's nephew, becomes the 6th shogun of the Edo bakufu.[3]
  • Hōei 6, on the 2nd day of the 7th month (1709): The Emperor abdicates.[3]
  • Hōei 6, on the 17th day of the 12th month (1709): Higashiyama dies.[3]

[edit] References

The Hoei Crater, visible to the right of the peak of Mt. Fuji, was the location of the 1707 eruption that spewed ash as far as Edo.
The Hoei Crater, visible to the right of the peak of Mt. Fuji, was the location of the 1707 eruption that spewed ash as far as Edo.
  1. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 415-416.
  2. ^ Titsingh, p. 415.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Titsingh, p. 416.


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Preceded by:
Genroku

Era or nengō:
Hōei

Succeeded by:
Shōtoku


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