was a after ''

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'' and before '' Chōgen.'' This period spanned the years from July 1024 through July 1028. The reigning emperor was .

Change of era

* 1024 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Jian'' 4, on the 13th day of the 7th month of 1024.

Events of the ''Manju'' era

* 1024 (''Manju 1''):

Fujiwara no Kintō , also known as Shijō-dainagon, was a Japanese poet, admired by his contemporaries "... Fujiwara no Kinto (966–1008), the most admired poet of the day." pg 283 of Donald Keene's '' Seeds in the Heart''. and a court bureaucrat of the Heian ...

withdrew from his public duties; and he retired to Kitayama in the north of Kyoto. * May 4, 1026 (''Manju 3, 15th day of the 4th month''): a partial lunar eclipse. * 1027 (Manju 4):

Fujiwara no Michinaga was a Japanese statesman. The Fujiwara clan's control over Japan and its politics reached its zenith under his leadership. Early life Michinaga was born in Kyōto, the son of Kaneiye. Kaneiye had become Regent in 986, holding the position unt ...

died at age 62.Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982). ''Lessons from History: the Tokushi Yoron,'' p. 29.

Notes

References

* Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) ''Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron.'' Brisbane:

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OCLC 7574544
* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979)
''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past.''
Berkeley: University of California Press.
OCLC 251325323
* Iwao, Seiichi. (2002)
''Dictionnaire historique du Japon'' (Vol. I) (Vol. II)
(with Teizō Iyanaga, Susumu Ishii, Shōichirō Yoshida ''et al.''). Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose.
OCLC 51096469
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''
Cambridge:

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OCLC 58053128
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''

Nihon Odai Ichiran Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

''; 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:

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OCLC 6042764

External links

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