''Wood Rat'' is the 1st combination of the
sexagenary cycle
The sexagenary cycle, also known as the Stems-and-Branches or ganzhi ( zh, 干支, gānzhī), is a cycle of sixty terms, each corresponding to one year, thus a total of sixty years for one cycle, historically used for recording time in China and t ...
of the
Chinese zodiac
The Chinese zodiac is a traditional classification scheme based on the lunar calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle. Originating from China, the zodiac and its variations remain ...
.
Years of the Wood Rat
The year in which the Western calendar year is divided by 60 and the year with an excess of 4 is the year of the Wood Rat.
Overview
It was four years after the year of the
Metal Rooster, the year of the
Revolution
In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...
of the
Dynasty
A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A ...
changeover, and was considered the year of the ''revolutionary decree'', or the year of many upheavals, when the
Tian
''Tiān'' () is one of the oldest Chinese terms for heaven and a key concept in Chinese mythology, philosophy, and religion. During the Shang dynasty (17th―11th century BCE), the Chinese referred to their supreme god as '' Shàngdì'' (, "Lor ...
will is renewed and heavenly commands are given to those who possess virtue (Kouji kaihatsu '). In order to prevent this, the new year has often been held in this year since the Heian period in Japan. Since the Koshi Reform of
1024
Year 1024 ( MXXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Byzantine expedition to invade Sicily: Governor Ahmed al-Akhal appeals to the Z ...
, the only year prior to the Meiji era (when the reign of the first emperor was abolished with the decree of Issei Ichigen) in which there was no Koshi Reform was in
Eiroku
was a after '' Kōji'' and before '' Genki.'' This period spanned the years from February 1558 through April 1570. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* 1558 : The era name was changed to mark the enthronement of Emperor Ōgimachi. The pr ...
7 (
1564
Year 1564 ( MDLXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 26 – Livonian War – Battle of Ula: A Lithuanian surprise attack resul ...
).。
Emperor
Emperor Kanmu
, or Kammu, was the 50th emperor of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 桓武天皇 (50) retrieved 2013-8-22. according to the traditional order of succession. Kanmu reigned from 781 to 806, and it was during his reign that the sco ...
was also the son of
Tenchi, who ascended to the throne after the
Tenmu lineage was severed by the murder of his half-brother
Otomo Otomo or Ōtomo may refer to:
People
* Ōtomo Chikaie (1561–1641), daimyō
* Ōtomo Chikasada (died 1570), samurai
* Ōtomo no Kuronushi (9th century), poet
* Ōtomo no Otomaro (731–809), samurai
* Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume (c. 700–750 ...
, a prince of the Tenchi line.
Emperor Kōnin
was the 49th emperor of Japan, Emperor Kōnin, Tahara no Higashi Imperial Mausoleum, Imperial Household Agency according to the traditional order of succession. Kōnin's reign lasted from 770 to 781.
Traditional narrative
The personal name of ...
, and it is said that he moved the capital to
Nagaoka-kyo in
784
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Year 784 ( DCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 784 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Eur ...
, the year of the Revolution, because he was strongly aware of the change of royal line.
The
Yellow Turban Rebellion
The Yellow Turban Rebellion, alternatively translated as the Yellow Scarves Rebellion, was a peasant revolt in China against the Eastern Han dynasty. The uprising broke out in 184 CE during the reign of Emperor Ling. Although the main rebelli ...
, which occurred in
184, the last days of the Later Han Dynasty in China and determined the dissolution of the Han Dynasty, was described as "the " ("Book of the Later Han, The Later Han Dynasty"). Volume 71: Huangfu Song, Zhu Shiyi, Biography 61
Huang Fu Bulk biography)". The slogan was.
A hot spring discovered in
Mutsu (now Fukushima Prefecture) in
Nanboku-chō period
The Nanboku-chō period (南北朝時代, ''Nanboku-chō jidai'', "North and South court period", also known as the Northern and Southern Courts period), spanning from 1336 to 1392, was a period that occurred during the formative years of the Mur ...
in
1384
Year 1384 ( MCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* May – September 3 – Siege of Lisbon by the Castilian army, during the ...
was named Koshi Onsen (甲子温泉) in honor of the year Koshi.
Ito Daizo (大藏) changed his name to Ito Koshi-taro (Kashitaro/Kinetaro) in honor of the first year of
Genji (
1864), the year of the Koshi.
The baseball stadium built in
Taisho 13 (
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China holds ...
) in
Hyōgo Prefecture Nishinomiya City was named "Koshien Grand Sports Ground" (now
Hanshin Koshien Stadium
, commonly referred to as simply Koshien Stadium, is a baseball park located near Kobe in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The stadium was built to host the national high school baseball tournaments, and opened on August 1, 1924. It ...
) after the Chinese zodiac of that year.
It is also the name of a place in the city. This year also marks the origin of the name of the Tokyo Kosha Company.
See also
*
Hwangap
*
References
Sexagenary cycle
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