was a after ''
Tenpō
was a after '' Bunsei'' and before '' Kōka.'' The period spanned from December 1830 through December 1844. The reigning emperor was .
Introduction
Change of era
* December 10, 1830 () : In the 13th year of ''Bunsei'', the new era name of ...
'' and before ''
Kaei.'' This period spanned the years from December 1844 through February 1848. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* December 2, 1844 (): The new era name of ''Kōka'', meaning "Becoming Wide or Vast", was created to mark a fire at
Edo Castle
is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province. In modern times it is part of the Tokyo Imperial Palace in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is therefore also known as .
Tokugawa Ieyasu established th ...
in ''Tenpō 15.''
The nengo was not changed concurrent with the accession of Emperor Komei; instead, the Kōka era was retained until about a year after the new emperor was enthroned.
Events of the ''Kōka'' era
* 1847 (''Kōka 4''): A major earthquake was recorded.
* 1848 (''Kōka 5''): The last subscription noh of the premodern era.
During these years, Hiroshige began making a series of prints showing beautiful women in contexts of famous places.
[Oka, Isaburo. (1987). ]
Notes
References
*
Keene, Donald. (2005). ''Emperor of Japan: Meiji and his world, 1852-1912.'' New York: Columbia University Press.
OCLC 57750432* 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 48943301
External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
Japanese eras
1840s in Japan
1840s neologisms
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