Enkyō (Edo period)

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Events of Enkyō era

Map of Japan made in Paris in 1746 (3rd year of Enkyō)

1744 (Enkyō 1): Great comet was visible in sky for many months; this comet is now identified as C/1743 X1 (De Cheseaux).^[4]

1745 (Enkyō 2): Tokugawa Ieshige became shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.^[5]

1745 (Enkyō 2): First market fair in the capital region.^[5]

1745 (Enkyō 2, 2nd month): A great fire sweeps through Edo.^[5]

9 June 1747 (Enkyō 4, 21st day of the 4th month): Sakuramachi abdicated; and the succession passed to his son (senso). Soon after, Emperor Momozono's role as monarch was confirmed by ceremonies (sokui).^[6]

Related pages

Edo period
Enkyō (Kamakura period), 1308-1311

Notes

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Enkyō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 179.
↑ Nussbaum, "Sakuramachi Tennō," p. 814.
↑ Nussbaum, "Momozono Tennō," p. 656; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 417-418.
↑ Zhuang, T. (1988). Acta Astronomica Sinica, v29:2, p. 208; Harvard-Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System; retrieved 2011-12-15.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Titsingh, p. 418.
↑ Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit, pp. 47; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, 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 Emperor Go-Murakami. Compare Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), Ceremony of Accession (Sokui-no-Rei); retrieved 2012-6-30.

Other websites

National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Enkyō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
	1744	1745	1746	1747	1748

Preceded by:
Kanpō

Era or nengō:
Enkyō

Succeeded by:
Kan'en

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Enkyō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 179.

[2] Nussbaum, "Sakuramachi Tennō," p. 814.

[3] Nussbaum, "Momozono Tennō," p. 656; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 417-418.

[4] Zhuang, T. (1988). Acta Astronomica Sinica, v29:2, p. 208; Harvard-Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System; retrieved 2011-12-15.

[titsingh418-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Titsingh, p. 418.

[6] Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit, pp. 47; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, 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 Emperor Go-Murakami. Compare Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), Ceremony of Accession (Sokui-no-Rei); retrieved 2012-6-30.

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