Meiwa

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The nengō Meiwa means "Radiant Harmony".^[4]

Events of the Meiwa Era

Coins minted during the Meiwa era

1766 (Meiwa 3): A plan to remove the Shogun was not successful.^[5]

1770 (Meiwa 7): A typhoon flattened the newly built Imperial Palace in Kyoto.^[6]

1770 (Meiwa 7): A great comet (Lexell's Comet) with a very long tale lit up the night skies throughout the summer and autumn.^[6]

1770 (Meiwa 7): This was the start of 15 years of drought in Japan.^[6]

9 January 1771: Empress Go-Sakuramachi abdicated; ; and the succession passed to her nephew (senso). Soon after, Emperor Go-Momozono's role as monarch was confirmed by ceremonies (sokui).^[7]

29 February 1772 (Meiwa 9, 26th day or the 1st month): "The Great Meiwa Fire" -- one of the three greatest Edo fire disasters.^[6]

2 August 1772 (Meiwa 9, 4th day of the 6th month): A big storm in the Kantō with floods and lost crops.^[6]

17 August 1772 (Meiwa 9, 19th day of the 6th month): A major storm destroys 4000 houses in Edo.^[8]

Related pages

Edo period

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Meiwa" Japan Encyclopedia, p. 625.
↑ Nussbaum, "Tennō," pp. 962-963.
↑ Nussbaum, "Go-Momozono Tennō," p. 257; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 419.
↑ Screech, Timon. (2000). The Shogun's Painted Culture, p. 99.
↑ Screech, (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. pp. 139-145.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 Hall, John Whitney. (1955). Tanuma Okitsugu, 1719-1788, p. 120.
↑ Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit, p. 186; 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.
↑ Hall, p. 120.

Other websites

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

Meiwa	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
	1764	1765	1766	1767	1768	1769	1770	1771	1772

Preceded by:
Hōreki

Era or nengō:
Meiwa

Succeeded by:
An'ei

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Meiwa" Japan Encyclopedia, p. 625.

[2] Nussbaum, "Tennō," pp. 962-963.

[3] Nussbaum, "Go-Momozono Tennō," p. 257; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 419.

[4] Screech, Timon. (2000). The Shogun's Painted Culture, p. 99.

[5] Screech, (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. pp. 139-145.

[h120-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 Hall, John Whitney. (1955). Tanuma Okitsugu, 1719-1788, p. 120.

[7] Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit, p. 186; 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.

[8] Hall, p. 120.

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