- Yōrō
nihongo|"Yōrō"|養老 was a nihongo|Japanese era name|年号,|"nengō",|lit. "
year name" after "Reiki" and before "Jinki." This period spanned the years from717 through724 . The reigning empress was nihongo|Genshō"-tennō"|元正天皇. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 65-67; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," pp. 271-272; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki." pp. 140-141.]Change of era
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717 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in "Reiki" 3, on the 17th day of the 11th month of 717. [Brown, p. 272.]Events of the "Yōrō" era
* "Yōrō 1", in the 3rd month (
717 ): The "sadaijin"Iso kami Marō died at age 78. [Titsingh, p. 65.]
* "Yōrō 1", in the 9th month (717 ): Empress Genshō traveled throughŌmi province where she was met by the lords of the San'indō, the San'yōdō and theNankaidō ; and she was entertained with singing and dancing. From there, she traveled toMino province where the lords of the Tōkaidō,Tōsandō andHokurikudō who rendered similar honors and entertainments. [Titsingh, pp. 65-66.]
* "Yōrō 2" (718 ): Revisions and commentaries on theTaihō Code are issued; and these changes are collectively known as the nihongo|Yōrō Code |養老律令|"Yōrō-ritsuryō ". [Asakawa, Kan'ichi. (1903). "The Early Institutional Life of Japan: A Study in the Reform of 645," p. 13.]
* "Yōrō 5", in the 5th month (721 ): The newly completedNihonshoki in 30 volumes was offered to the Empress. [Titsingh, p. 66.]
* "Yōrō 5", in the 5th month (721 ): The "udaijin"Fujiwara Fuhito died at age 62.Titsingh, p. 67.]
* "Yōrō 5", in the 5th month (721 ): The former-Empress Gemmei died at age 61. [see above] .]References
* Asakawa, Kan'ichi. (1903). "The Early Institutional Life of Japan." Tokyo:
Shueisha [New York: Paragon Book Reprint Corp., 1963] .
* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). [Jien , c. 1220] , "Gukanshō (The Future and the Past, a translation and study of the Gukanshō, an interpretative history of Japan written in 1219)." Berkeley:University of California Press . ISBN 0-520-03460-0
* Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (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)]
* 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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