Meiō

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Events of the Meiō era

The lantern festival at Hasedera is part of a history of fires which includes burning of a 600-year-old statue of Kannon in the 4th year of Meiō

1492 (Meiō 1, 8th month): Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimura^[4] led an army into Ōmi Province.^[5]
1492 (Meiō 2, 1st month): The kampaku Ichijō Fuyuyoshi was named daijō-daijin.^[5]
1492 (Meiō 2, 2nd month): Shogun Yoshimura led an army against the daimyo of Kawachi Province.^[5]

1495 (Meiō 4): Statue of Kannon carved in the 8th century was lost to fire at Hase-dera in Nara.^[6]
12 September 1495 (Meiō 4, 24th day of the 8th month): Earthquake at Kashima (Latitude: 35.100/Longitude: 139.500), 7.1 magnitude on the Richter Scale.^[7]

9 July 1498 (Meiō 7, 20th day of the 6th month): Earthquake in the Enshunada Sea (Latitude: 34.400/Longitude: 137.700), 6.4 on the Richter Scale.^[7]
20 September 1498 (Meiō 7, 2nd day of the 7th month): Earthquake in the Enshunada Sea (Latitude: 34.000/Longitude: 138.100), 8.6 on the Richter Scale; and also on that same day, another earthquake in Nankaido (Latitude: 33.500/Longitude: 135.200), 7.5 on the Richter Scale.^[7]

21 October 1500 (Meiō 9, 28th day of the 9th month): Emperor Go-Tuschimikado died.^[8]

Related pages

Muromachi period

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Mei-ō" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 625.
↑ Nussbaum, "Go-Tsuchimikado Tennō," p. 265.
↑ Nussbaum, "Go-Kashiwabara Tennō," p. 255;Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 352-364.
↑ Titsingh, p. 364; the son of Shogun Yoshimi was named Yoshimura until 1501 when he changed his name to Yoshitane.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Titsingh, p. 362.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hase-dera" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 291-292; Washizuka, Hiromitsu. (1997). Enlightenment embodied: the art of the Japanese Buddhist sculptor, p. 55.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC): NOAA/Japan: Significant Earthquake Database; retrieved 2011-12-3.
↑ Titsingh, p. 363-364; Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 後土御門天皇 (103); retrieved 2012-5-23.

Other websites

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

Meiō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
	1492	1493	1494	1495	1496	1497	1498	1499	1500	1501

Preceded by:
Entoku

Era or nengō:
Meiō

Succeeded by:
Bunki

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Mei-ō" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 625.

[2] Nussbaum, "Go-Tsuchimikado Tennō," p. 265.

[3] Nussbaum, "Go-Kashiwabara Tennō," p. 255;Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 352-364.

[4] Titsingh, p. 364; the son of Shogun Yoshimi was named Yoshimura until 1501 when he changed his name to Yoshitane.

[titsingh362-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Titsingh, p. 362.

[6] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hase-dera" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 291-292; Washizuka, Hiromitsu. (1997). Enlightenment embodied: the art of the Japanese Buddhist sculptor, p. 55.

[NOAA-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC): NOAA/Japan: Significant Earthquake Database; retrieved 2011-12-3.

[8] Titsingh, p. 363-364; Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 後土御門天皇 (103); retrieved 2012-5-23.

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