was a after '' Tenpyō-jingo'' and before ''

Hōki was a after '' Jingo-keiun'' and before ''Ten'ō''. This period spanned the years from October 770 through January 781. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 770 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The p ...

.'' This period spanned the years from August 767 through October 770. The reigning empress was . This was the same woman who had reigned previously as the former .

Change of era

* 767 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Tenpyō-jingo'' 3, on the 18th day of the 8th month of 767.

Events of the ''Jingo-keiun'' era

* 8 September 769 (''Jingo-keiun 3, 4th day of the 8th month''): In the 5th year of Shōtoku''-tennō''s reign (称徳天皇5年), the empress died; and she designated Senior Counselor Prince Shirakabe as her heir. * 770 (''Jingo-keiun 3, 4th day of the 8th month''): The succession (''senso'') was received by a 62-year-old grandson of

Emperor Tenji , known first as and later as until his accession, was the 38th emperor of Japan who reigned from 668 to 671. He was the son of Emperor Jomei and Empress Kōgyoku (Empress Saimei), and his children included Empress Jitō, Empress Genmei, an ...

. * 770 (''Jingo-keiun 3, 1st day of the 10th month''):

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 ...

was said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'') in a formal ceremony;and the

nengō The or , is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being "", meaning "origin, basis"), followed b ...

was changed to ''Hōki'' on the very same day. The ''Jingō-kaihō was a copper coin issued from 765 to 796. It had a diameter of about 23 mm and a weight of between 3.4 and 4.5 grams.Nussbaum, "''Jingō-kaihō''" i
''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 422.
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Notes

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* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
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* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''

Nihon Odai Ichiran Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in t ...

''; ou
''Annales des empereurs du Japon.''
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* Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa.'' New York:

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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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Change of era

Events of the ''Jingo-keiun'' era

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