- Jōō (Edo period)
nihongo|Jōō|承応|, alternatively read as Shōō, was a nihongo|
Japanese era name |年号,|"nengō",| lit. "year name" after "Keian " and before "Meireki ". This period spanned the years from1652 through1655 . The reigning emperors were nihongo|Go-Komyo"-tennō"|後光明天皇 and nihongo|Go-Sai"-tennō"|後西天皇 . [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du japon," pp. 412-13.]Change of era
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1652 : The era name was changed to "Jōō" (meaning "receiving answers"), which was to mark the death of the thirdshogun ,Tokugawa Iemitsu . The previous era ended and a new one commenced in "Keian" 5, on the 18th day of the 9th month.The name of this new era came from the Book of the Jin: "The
Xia and theShang dynasties follow their destinies, so the House ofZhou came when it was time." (夏商承運、周氏応期)Events of the "Jōō" era
* "Jōō 2", on the 12th day of the 8th month (
1653 ): A violent fire destroyed a large part of the Imperial palace and many temples which were nearby. Shortly thereafter, several girls, aged 12-14 years, were imprisoned for having started this fire and others inHeian-kyō .Titsingh, p. 412.]
* "Jōō 3", on the 6th day of the 7th month (1654 ): A famous priest,Ingen , arrived at Nagasaki from China. His intention was to reform the practice of Buddhism in Japan. [see above] ]
* "Jōō 3", on the 20th day of the 9th month (1654 ): Emperor Go- Kōmyō died of smallpox; and his funereal ceremonies were at nihongo|Sennyuji |泉涌寺,| senyō-ji" on the 15th day of the 10th month. [Titsingh, p. 413; Porter, Robert. (2001). "Japan: The Rise of a Modern Power," p. 65.]References
* Porter, Robert P. (2001). "Japan: The Rise of a Modern Power." Boston:Adamant Media. ISBN 1-4021-9690-3
* 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]
* Sennyuji Temple Museum [http://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/kp/topics/eng/2007jun/06-11.html -- funereal ceremonies for Emperor Go-Kōmyō]
* Imperial Household web site [http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/ryobo/guide/111/index.html -- link to image of Emperor Go-Kōmyō's official Imperial "misasagii" (in Japanese)]
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