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Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., also known as Mei-ō, was a Script error: No such module "Nihongo". after Entoku and before Bunki. This period spanned the years from July 1492Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". through February 1501Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[1] Reigning emperors were Script error: No such module "Nihongo". and Script error: No such module "Nihongo"..[2]
Change of era
- 1492 Script error: No such module "Nihongo".: The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended and a new one commenced in Entoku 4.
Events of the Meiō era
- 1492 (Meiō 1, 8th month): Shōgun Yoshimura[3] led an army against Takayori in Ōmi Province. He laid siege to Mii-dera. Takayori saved himself by escaping in the slopes of Mount Koka. Then, Shōgun Yoshimura returned to Heian-kyō.[4]
- 1492 (Meiō 2, 1st month): The kampaku Ichijō Fuyuyoshi was named daijō-daijin.[4]
- 1492 (Meiō 2, 2nd month): Shōgun Yoshimura, accompanied by Hatakeyama Masanaga, marched against Kawachi Province, with plans to capture and put to death Hatakeyama Toshitoyo, the son of Yoshinari.[4]
- September 12, 1495 (Meiō 4, 24th day of the 8th month): Earthquake at Kamakura (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".), 7.1 on the Surface-wave magnitude scale (Template:M).[5]
- July 9, 1498 (Meiō 7, 20th day of the 6th month): Earthquake in the Enshū-nada Sea (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".), 6.4 Template:M.[5]
- September 20, 1498 (Meiō 7, 2nd day of the 7th month): Earthquake in the Enshū-nada Sea (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".), 8.3 Template:M ; and also on that same day, another earthquake in Nankaidō (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".), 7.5 Template:M.[5]
See also
Notes
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- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Mei-ō" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 625; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
- ↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 352–364.
- ↑ Titsigh, p. 364; this son of Yoshimi was named Yoshimura until 1501 when he changed his name to Yoshitane, and it is this name by which he will be more commonly recognized after his death.
- ↑ a b c Titsingh, p. 362.
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References
- Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Template:ISBN; OCLC 48943301
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection