- Shōtoku (era)
.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834) "Annales des empereurs du japon," pp. 416-417.]
Change of Era
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1711 : The era name of "Shōtoku" (meaning "Righteous Virtue") was created to mark the enthronement of Emperor Nakamikado. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in "Hōei" 8, on the 25th day of the 4th month.Events of the "Shōtoku" Era
* "Shōtoku 1" (
1711 ): An ambassador from Korea arrived at the court.Titsingh, p. 416.]
* "Shōtoku 2", on the 14th day of the 10th month (1712 ): ShogunTokugawa Ienobu died. [see above] ]
* "Shōtoku 3" (1713 ): Minamoto no Ietsugu became the 7th shogun of the Edo bakufu. [see above] ]
* "Shōtoku 4" (1714 ): The shogunate introduces new gold and silver coins into circulation. [see above] ]
* "Shōtoku 5", on the 17th day of the 3rd month (1715 ): The 100th anniversary of the death ofTokugawa Ieyasu (posthumously known as Gongen-sama), which was celebrated throughout the empire. [see above] ]References
* Screech, Timon. (2006). "Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822." London:
RoutledgeCurzon . ISBN 0-700-71720-X
* 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 Fund 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)]External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]
Shōtoku 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Gregorian 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715 1716 Preceded by:
"Hōei"Era or "nengō":
ShōtokuSucceeded by:
"Kyōhō"
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