Kyōhō

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Events of the Kyōhō era

 
Monument to Konyo Aoki who introduced sweet potatoes to Japan in the 20th year of Kyōhō
  • 1718 (Kyōhō 3): The bakufu repaired the Imperial tombs.[5]
  • 1718 (Kyōhō 3, 8th month): Shogunate creates a Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). in Heian-kyō (Kyoto).[5]
  • 1721 (Kyōhō 6): Edo population of 1.1 million makes it the world's largest city.[6]
  • 3 August 1730 (Kyōhō 15, 20th day of the 6th month): A fire destroyed 3,790 houses in Heian-kyō.[5]
  • 1732 (Kyōhō 17): Locusts eat crops in areas around the inland sea.[8]
  • 24 September 1732 (Kyōhō 17, 24th day of the 9th month): Former-Emperor Reigen died.[9]
  • 1733 (Kyōhō 18): Ginseng grown in Japan begins to be available in the Japanese food markets.[10]


Noteworty coins were minted during this era, including the gold ōban and koban.[13]

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References

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kyōhō" Japan Encyclopedia, p. 584.
  2. Nussbaum, "Nakamikado Tennō," p. 690.
  3. Nussbaum, "Sakuramachi Tennō," p. 814; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs to japon, pp. 416-417.
  4. Bowman, John Stewart. (2000). Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture, p. 142.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: the Old Capital, 794-1869, p. 320.
  6. Foreign Press Center. (1997). Japan: Eyes on the Country, Views of the 47 Prefectures, p. 127.
  7. Adams, Thomas. (1953). Japanese Securities Markets: A Historical Survey, pp. 11-12; Hayami, Akira et al. (2004) The Economic History of Japan: 1600-1990, p. 67.
  8. Hall, John Whitney. (1988). The Cambridge History of Japan, p. 456.
  9. Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit, p. 186; Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), 霊元天皇 (112); retrieved 2012-5-27.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Takekoshi, Yosaburō. (1930). Economic Aspects of the History of the Civilization of Japan, p. 352.
  11. Meyer, p. 47.
  12. Titsingh, p. 417; 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 Kunaichō, Ceremony of Accession (Sokui-no-Rei); retrieved 2012-6-30.
  13. Nussbaum, "Kyōhō-kingin" at p. 584.

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Kyōhō 21st
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Preceded by:
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Era or nengō:
Kyōhō
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