Jishō

. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 195-200; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," pp. 330-333; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki." pp. 212-214.]

Change of era

*; 1177: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in "Angen" 3, on the 4th day of the 8th month of 1177. [Brown, p. 332.]

Events of the "Jishō" era

* "Jishō 1", on the 28th day of the 4th month (1177): A great fire in the capital was spread by high winds; and the palace was reduced to cinders. [Titsigh, p. 198; Kitagawa, H. (1975). "The Tale of the Heike," p. 783; Kamo no Chōmei. (1212). "Hōjōki."]
* "Jishō 2", 12th day of the 11th month (1178): Emperor Takakura's consort, Tokuko, gives birth to an infant who will become Emperor Antoku.Kitagawa, H. (1975). "The Tale of the Heike," p. 784.]
* "Jisho 4", 21st day of the 2nd month (1180): Emperor Takakura abdicates. [see above] ]
* "Jishō 4", on the 21st day of the 4th month (1180): In the 12th year of Takakura"-tennō"'s reign (高倉天皇12年), the emperor was forced to abdicate; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by his infant son, the grandson of Taira Kiyomori. [Titsingh, p. 200; Brown, p. 333; Kitagawa, p. 784; Varley, p. 44. [A distinct act of "senso" is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have "senso" and "sokui" in the same year until the reign of Go-Murakami.] ]
* "Jisho 4", 22nd day of the 4th month (1180): Emperor Antoku’s is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’) on the day of his cornonation ceremony. [Kitagawa, p. 784; Varley, p. 44.]
* "Jisho 4", 2nd day of the 6th month (1180): Former-Emperor Go-Shirakawa-in, former-emperor Takakura-in and Emperor Antoku leave Kyoto for Fukuhara, which is near modern-day Kōbe, Hyōgo.Kitagawa, p. 784.]
* "Jisho 4", 26th day of the 11th month (1180): The capital is moved back to Kyoto from Fukuhara. [Kitagawa, p. 785.]
* "Jisho 4" (1180): A devastating whirlwind causes havoc in Heian-kyo, the capital. [Kamo no Chōmei. (1212). "Hōjōki."]
* "Jisho 5", 14th day of the 1st month (1181): Emperor Takakura dies. [see above] ]

References

* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). [ Jien, c. 1221] , "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
* Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida. (1975). "The Tale of the Heike." Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. ISBN 0-86008-128-1
* 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 0-231-04940-4

External links

* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]