Jōkyō calendar
Jōkyō calendar published in Japan in 1729. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo.
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History
The Jōkyō-reki system was the work of Shibukawa Shunkai.[4] He recognized that the length of the solar year is 365.2417 days.[2]
Shirakawa discovered errors in the traditional Chinese calendar which had been in use for 800 years.[4] This older system was also known as the Semmyō calendar or 'Semmei-reki. It was also known as the Xuanming calendar.[5]
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References
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Calendar" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 98.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nussbaum, "Jōkyō-reki" at p. 431; "Teikyō-reki" at p. 956
- ↑ Orchiston, Wayne et al. (2011). Highlighting the History of Astronomy in the Asia-Pacific Region, p. 155; Bramsen, William. (1880). Japanese chronological tables, p. 25.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nussbaum, "Shibukawa Shunkai" at pp. 850-851.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Semmei-reki" at p. 840.