The Suiko period is a
chronological
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timeframe during the
Asuka period
The was a period in the history of Japan lasting from 538 to 710 (or 592 to 645), although its beginning could be said to overlap with the preceding Kofun period. The Yamato polity evolved greatly during the Asuka period, which is named after t ...
of Japanese history.
[National Diet Library (NDL)]
"Calendar history/The Source"
NengoCalc
online conversion of Japanese dates into their Western equivalents based on tables from Paul Tuschihashi and Reinhard Zöllner; retrieved 2012-11-14. This period
overlaps all but 7 years of
Empress Suiko
(554 – 15 April 628) was the 33rd monarch of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 推古天皇 (33)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.
Suiko reigned from 593 until her death in 628.
In the history of Japa ...
's reign (604-628) or it is used as a synonym for her reign (593-628).
[ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)]
"Suiko Tennō"
in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 910.
Calendar
The adoption of the
Sexagenary cycle
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calendar (''Jikkan Jūnishi'') was a significant event in the reign of
Empress Suiko
(554 – 15 April 628) was the 33rd monarch of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 推古天皇 (33)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.
Suiko reigned from 593 until her death in 628.
In the history of Japa ...
. This pre-dates the system of which was introduced in 645.
[ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834)]
''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', p. 48
Events of the ''Suiko'' period
* 604: In the 12th year of Suiko's reign, Japan organized its earliest Imperial calendar, also known as the "Suiko period".
* 628: In the 35th year of Suiko, the empress abdicated;
and the period ended.
See also
*
Regnal name
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*
List of Japanese era names
Notes
References
*
Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''Cambridge:
Harvard University Press
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.
OCLC 58053128*
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834)
''Annales des empereurs du Japon''(''
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 ...
''). Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
OCLC 5850691*
Tsuchihashi, Paul Yashita, S.J. (1952). . Tokyo: Sophia University
OCLC 001291275* Zöllner, Reinhard. (2003). ''Japanische Zeitrechnung: ein Handbuch'' Munich: Iudicium Verlag.
OCLC 249297777
External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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Japanese eras