Shōhō

nihongo|Shōhō|正保 was a nihongo|Japanese era name|年号,| "nengō",| lit. "year name" after "Kan'ei" and before "Keian." This period spanned the years from 1644 through 1648. The reigning emperor was nihongo|Go-Komyo"-tennō"|後光明天皇.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du japon," p. 412.]

Change of era

*, 1644: The era name was changed to Shōhō to mark the enthronement of the new emperor Go-Kōmyō. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in "Kan'ei" 21, on the 16th day of the 12th month. [Hall, John Whitney. "The Cambridge History of Japan." p. xx.]

Events of the "Shōhō" era

* "Shōhō 1" (1644): The third major map of Japan was ordered by the Shogunate -- the first having been completed in "Keicho" 10 -- at a scale of 1:432,000 (based on maps of the provinces drawn to a scale of 1:21,600). [Traganeou, Jilly. (2004). "The Tokaido Road: Traveling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan," p. 230.]

* "Shōhō 2", on the 23rd day of the 4th month (1645): The Shogun was elevated the court role of nihongo|Middle Counselor|中納言|"Chūnaigon". [see above] ]
* "Shōhō 2" (January 18, 1646: Death of Hosokawa Tadaoki.
* "Shōhō 3" (May 11, 1646): Death of Yagyu Munenori.
* "Shōhō 3" (June 13, 1645): Death of Miyamoto Musashi.
* "Shōhō 3" (December 1645): Death of Takuan Sōhō, a leading figure in the Zen reform movement. [Hall, John Whitney. "The Cambridge History of Japan." p. xx.]
* "Shōhō 6" (1648): The shogunate issues a legal code governing the lives of commoners in Edo. [Hall, John Whitney. "The Cambridge History of Japan." p. xx.]

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). "Supplément aux annales des daïri," appended to [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)]
* Traganeou, Jilly. (2004). "The Tokaido Road: Traveling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan." London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-4153-1091-1

External links

* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]
* National Archives of Japan [http://jpimg.digital.archives.go.jp/jpg_prg/jgmWeb?%TmpFileDisp%env=jpeg2k_images/ezu/shoho_edozu_e.env ...Click link for map of Edo in the 1st or 2nd year of "Shōhō" (1644 or 1645)]

Shōhō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Gregorian	1644	1645	1646	1647	1648

Preceded by: "Kan'ei"

Era or "nengō": Shōhō

Succeeded by: "Keian"