Kyōroku
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Kyōroku (享禄?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Daiei and before Tenbun. This period spanned the years from 1528 to 1532. The reigning emperor was Go-Nara-tennō (後奈良天皇?).[1]
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[edit] Change of era
- Kyōroku gannen (享禄元年?); 1528: The era name was changed to mark the enthronement of Emperor Go-Nara. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Daiei 8, the 20th day of the 8th month.
- This nengō takes its name from the I Ching: "He who sits on the Imperial Throne enjoys Heaven's Favor (居天位享天禄).
[edit] Events of the Kyōroku era
- Kyōroku 1 (1528): Former kampaku Konoe Tanye became sadaijin. The former naidaijin, Minamoto-no Mitsikoto, becomes the udaijin. Former dainagon Kiusho Tanemitsi becomes naidaijin.[2]
- Kyōroku 3, in the 7th month (1530): The former-kampaku Kiyusho Hisatsune died at the age of 63.[2]
[edit] Births of the Kyōroku era
- Kyōroku gannen or Kyōroku 1 (1528): Odai no Kata (mother of Tokugawa Ieyasu) [died Keichō 7 (1602)].
- Kyōroku 3, the 21st day of the 1st month (February 18, 1530): Uesugi Kenshin, general [died Tenshō 6 (1578)].
[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.... 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
| Kyoroku | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
| Gregorian | 1528 | 1529 | 1530 | 1531 | 1532 |
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