was a after ''
Kōhō
was a after ''Ōwa'' and before ''Anna (era), Anna.'' This period spanned the years from July 964 through August 968. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* February 16, 964 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series ...
'' and before ''
Tenroku.'' This period spanned the years from August 968 through March 970. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* February 2, 968 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Kōhō'' 4, on the 15th day of the 8th month of 968.
Events of the ''Anna'' era
* October 26, 968 (''Anna 1, 26th day of the 10th month''): A child who would become
Emperor Kazan
was the 65th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 花山天皇 (65)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.
Kazan's reign spanned the years from 984 through 986.
Biography
Before his ascension to the Chrysa ...
is born in the house of the man who would become
Emperor Ichijō
was the 66th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 一条天皇 (66)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.
Ichijō's reign spanned the years from 986 to 1011.
Biography
Before he ascended to the Chrysanthe ...
.
* September 27, 969 (''Anna 2, 13th day of the 8th month''): was appointed ''
sesshō'' (regent).
* 969 (''Anna 2, 10th month''): The ''
sadaijin
The ''Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary'', Kenkyusha Limited, was a government position in Japan during the Asuka to Meiji era. The Asuka Kiyomihara Code of 689 marks the initial appearance of the ''Sadaijin'' in the context of a cent ...
'' died.
[Titsingh]
p. 144.
/ref>
* 969 (''Anna 2, 12th month''): The ''sesshō'' Saneyori celebrated his 70th birthday.[Mostow, Joshua. (1999). ; excerpt, "At the time of ]Emperor Murakami
The word ''emperor'' (from , via ) can mean the male ruler of an empire. ''Empress'', the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife ( empress consort), mother/grandmother ( empress dowager/ grand empress dowager), or a woman who rul ...
's death and the accession of Emperor Reizei
was the 63rd emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 冷泉天皇 (63)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.
Reizei's reign spanned the years from 967 through 969, ending with his abdication and retirement.
...
in 967, it was unclear who would be crown prince ... In 969, an alleged plot to usurp the throne was uncovered; and Imperial Prince Tamehira was banished to Kyushu."
Notes
References
* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979)
''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past''.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
OCLC 251325323
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia''.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press (HUP) is an academic publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University. It is a member of the Association of University Presses. Its director since 2017 is George Andreou.
The pres ...
.
OCLC 58053128
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Nihon Ōdai Ichiran
, ', is a 17th-century chronicle of the serial reigns of Japanese emperors with brief notes about some of the noteworthy events or other happenings.
According to the 1871 edition of the ''American Cyclopaedia'', the 1834 French translation of ...
''; ou
''Annales des empereurs du Japon''.
Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
OCLC 5850691
* Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa''. New York: Columbia University Press
Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's la ...
.
OCLC 6042764
External links
* National Diet Library
The is the national library of Japan and among the largest libraries in the world. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the in researching matters of public policy. The library is similar in purpose and scope to ...
, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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