was a after ''

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'' and before '' Jinki.'' This period spanned the years from November 717 through February 724. The reigning empress was .

Change of era

* 717 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Reiki'' 3, on the 17th day of the 11th month of 717.

Events of the ''Yōrō'' era

* 717 (''Yōrō 1, 3rd month''): The ''sadaijin''

Isonokami no Maro was a Japanese statesman of the Asuka period and early Nara period His family name was Mononobe no Muraji, later Mononobe no Ason and Isonokami no Ason. He attained the court rank of and '' sadaijin'', and posthumously . In 672 Maro supported ...

died at age 78. * 717 (''Yōrō 1, 9th month''): Empress Genshō traveled through

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where she was met by the lords of the

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, the

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and the

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; and she was entertained with singing and dancing. From there, she traveled to

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where the lords of the Tōkaidō,

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and

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who rendered similar honors and entertainments. * 718 (''Yōrō 2''): Revisions and commentaries on the

Taihō Code The was an administrative reorganisation enacted in 703 in Japan, at the end of the Asuka period. It was historically one of the . It was compiled at the direction of Prince Osakabe, Fujiwara no Fuhito and Awata no Mahito. Nussbaum, Louis ...

are issued; and these changes are collectively known as the . * 721 (''Yōrō 5, 5th month''): The newly completed '' Nihon Shoki'' in 30 volumes was offered to the Empress.Titsingh
p. 66.
/ref> * 721 (''Yōrō 5, 5th month''): The ''udaijin''

Fujiwara no Fuhito Fujiwara no Fuhito (藤原不比等: 659 – 13 September 720) was a powerful member of the imperial court of Japan during the Asuka and Nara periods. Second son of Fujiwara no Kamatari (or, according to one theory, of Emperor Tenji), h ...

died at age 62.Titsingh
p. 67.
/ref> * 721 (''Yōrō 5, 5th month''): The former-

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died at age 61.

Notes

References

* Asakawa, Kan'ichi. (1903)
''The Early Institutional Life of Japan''.
Tokyo:

Shueisha (lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...

OCLC 4427686 ''see'' online, multi-formatted, full-text book at openlibrary.org
* 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 a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. After the retir ...

.
OCLC 58053128
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). '' Nihon Ōdai Ichiran''; 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, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by Jennifer Crewe (2014–present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fiel ...

.
OCLC 6042764

External links

* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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