Genroku

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Map of Kyoto published in the Genroku era.

The years of Genroku are generally considered to be the Golden Age of the Edo period. A century of peace and seclusion created good economic conditions^[1] and cultural growth.^[1]

The nengō Genroku means "Origin of Good Fortune"^[3]

Events of the Genroku era

In the 16th day of Genroku, Ōishi Yoshio killed himself in a public ceremony.

1688 (Genroku 1): Tokugawa shogunate published a code of conduct for funerals (Fuku-kiju-ryō) and for mourning.^[4]
16 September 1689 (Genroku 2, 3rd day of the 7th month): Engelbert Kaempfer arrived at Dejima.^[5]
1693 (Genroku 6, 12th month): Arai Hakuseki became the tutor of Tokugawa Ienobu.
1693 (Genroku 6): The code of conduct for funerals and mourning was changed.^[6]
1695 (Genroku 8, 8th month): The shogunate placed the Japanese character gen (元) on copper coins.^[7]
4 December 1696: Former-Empress Meishō died at age 74.^[8]
1697 (Genroku 10): The 4th official map of Japan was made.^[9]
1697 (Genroku 10): Great fire in Edo.^[7]
1698 (Genroku 11): Another great fire in Edo.^[7]
1703 (Genroku 16, 3rd month): Ōishi Yoshio commits seppuku.^[10]
1703 (Genroku 16, 5th month): First performance of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's play The Love Suicides at Sonezaki (Sonezaki shinjū).^[11]
31 December 1703 (Genroku 16, 23rd day of the 11th month): The Great Genroku Earthquake shook Edo.^[12] Fire spread in the city.^[7] The coast of Honshū was hit by tsunami.^[12]

Genroku Media

A turtle-based stele of Ikeda Mitsunaka, a Tottori Domain ruler, dated Genroku 6

Related pages

Edo period

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Jenkins, Donald. (1971). Ukiyo-e Prints and Paintings: the Primitive Period, 1680-1745, p. 21.
↑ Smith, Robert et al. (2004). Japanese Culture: Its Development And Characteristics, p. 28.
↑ Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822, p. 73.
↑ Smith, p. 28.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 415.
↑ Meyer, Eva-Maria (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit: unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867. Lit. p. 186. ISBN 978-3-8258-3939-0.
↑ Traganeou, Jilly. (2004). The Tokaido Road: Traveling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan, p. 230.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 742. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 Hammer, Joshua (2006). Yokohama Burning: The Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II. Simon and Schuster. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-7432-6465-5.

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Genroku	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th
	1688	1689	1690	1691	1692	1693	1694	1695	1696	1697	1698	1699	1700	1701	1702	1703	1704

Preceded by:
Jōkyō

Era or nengō:
Genroku

Succeeded by:
Hōei

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[Nussbaum_2002_239-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[2] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[3] Jenkins, Donald. (1971). Ukiyo-e Prints and Paintings: the Primitive Period, 1680-1745, p. 21.

[4] Smith, Robert et al. (2004). Japanese Culture: Its Development And Characteristics, p. 28.

[5] Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822, p. 73.

[6] Smith, p. 28.

[titsingh415-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 415.

[8] Meyer, Eva-Maria (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit: unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867. Lit. p. 186. ISBN 978-3-8258-3939-0.

[9] Traganeou, Jilly. (2004). The Tokaido Road: Traveling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan, p. 230.

[10] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 742. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[11] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[hammer63-12] 12.0 ^12.1 Hammer, Joshua (2006). Yokohama Burning: The Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II. Simon and Schuster. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-7432-6465-5.

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