- Jōhei
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 134-155; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," p. 294-295; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki," p. 181-183.]
Change of era
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931 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in "Enchō" 9, on the 26th day of the 4th month of 931. [Brown, p. 295; Varley, p. 181-182.] .Events of the "Jōhei" era
* "Jōhei 1", on the 19th day of the 7th month (
931 ): The former-Emperor Uda (867-931) died at the age of 65. [Titsingh, p. 135; Brown, p. 295.]
* "Jōhei 2", in the 8th month (932 ): The "udaijin " (Minister of the Right)Fujiwara no Sadakata (873-932) died at the age of 65.Titsingh, p. 135.]
* "Jōhei 3", in the 8th month (933 ): The "dainagon " (great counselor) Fujiwara no Nakahira, brother of "sesshō " (regent) Fujiwara Takahira, is named "udaijin." [Titsingh, p. 135; Brown, p. 294.]
* "Jōhei 3", in the 12th month (933 ): Ten of the chief dignitaries of the empire went falcon-hunting together inOwari province . Each of them was magnificent in his formal hunting attire. [see above] ]
* "Jōhei 5" (935 ): The Great Fundamental Central Hall ("kompon chūdō") onMt. Hiei burned down. [Brown, p. 295.]
* "Jōhei 6", on the 19th day of the 8th month (936 ):Fujiwara Tadahira was named "daijō-daijin" (Prime Minister); and in this same period, Fujiwara Nakahira was named "sadaijin" (Minister of the Left), and Fujiwara Tsunesuke was named "udaijin". [see above] ]
* "Jōhei 7", in the 12th month (937 ): The former-Emperor Yōzei celebrated his 70th birthday. [see above] ]References
* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). [
Jien , c. 1220] , "Gukanshō ; "The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō,' an interpretive history of Japan written in 1219" translated from the Japanese and edited by Delmer M. Brown & Ichirō Ishida." Berkeley:University of California Press . ISBN 0-520-03460-0
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō , 1652] . "Nipon o daï itsi ran ; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth." Paris: Oriental Translation Society of Great Britain and Ireland. [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran ... Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)]
* Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [Kitabatake Chikafusa , 1359] , "Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley)." New York:Columbia University Press . ISBN 0-231-04940-4External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]
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