Jōei

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Jōei (貞永, Jōei^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Kangi and before Tenpuku. This period spanned the years from 1232 to 1233. The reigning emperors were Go-Horikawa-tennō (後堀河天皇, Go-Horikawa-tennō^?) and Shijō-tennō (四条天皇, Shijō-tennō^?).^[1]

Contents 1 Change of era 2 Events of the Jōei Era 3 References 3.1 External links

[edit] Change of era

• Jōei gannen (貞永元年, Jōei gannen^?); 1232: The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Kangi 4.

[edit] Events of the Jōei Era

• Jōei 1 (1232):
• Jōei 1, in the 11th month (1232): In the 11th year of Emperor Go-Horikawa's reign (後堀河天皇11年), he abdicated; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by a his oldest son. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Shijō is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’).^[2]

[edit] References

• 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.--Two copies of this rare book have now been made available online: (1) from the library of the University of Michigan, digitized January 30, 2007; and (2) from the library of Stanford University, digitized June 23, 2006. Click here to read the original text 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

Jōei	1st	2nd
Gregorian	1232	1233

Preceded by: Kangi

Era or nengō: Jōei

Succeeded by: Tenpuku

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