- Kōhō
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales ds empereurs du japon," pp. 139-143; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," pp. 295-299; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki," pp. 183-191.]
Change of era
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964 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in "Ōwa" 4, on the 10th day of the 7th month of 964. [Brown, p. 297.] .Events of the "Kōhō" era
* "Kōhō 1", in the 4th month (
964 ): The empress Fujiwara no Ansi died. The empresses younger sister had married the emperor's older brother, Shigeakira"-shinnō"; and shortly afterwards, he died and then his wife also died. In his grief, the emperor neglected his duty to care for the government.Titsingh, p. 142.]
* "Kōhō 2", in the 4th month (965 ): The "udaijin " Fujiwara no Akihira died at the age of 68. [see above] ]
* "Kōhō 2", in the 12th month (965 ): The emperor celebrated his 40th birthday. [see above] ]
* "Kōhō 4", on the 25th of the 5th month (967 ): The emperor died at age 42 years, having reigned 21 years in total. [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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