Saikō

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Events of the Saikō era

In Saikō 2, the head of the Great Buddha at Todai-ji was repaired

21 April 854 (Saikō 1, 13th day of the 6th month): Minamoto no Tokiwa, also known as Minamoto no Tsune, died at age 43.^[4] He was a son of Emperor Saga and he was one of the editors of the Nihon kōki.^[5]

855 (Saikō 2, 1st month): An Emishi uprising in the north was met with military force.^[6]

855 (Saikō 2, 5th month): The head of the great statute of Buddha in the Tōdai-ji fell off. Donations were collected to pay for making another head for the Daibutsu.^[6]

Related pages

Heian period

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ninju" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 716.
↑ Nussbaum, "Ten'an" at p. 957.
↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 112-114; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 285; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 165.
↑ Titsingh, p. 113; Brown, p. 285; Nussbaum, "Minamoto no Tokiwa" at p. 634.
↑ Nussbaum, "Nihon kōki" at p. 709.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Titsingh, p. 114.

Other websites

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

Saikō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
	854	855	856	857

Preceded by:
Ninju

Era or nengō:
Saikō

Succeeded by:
Ten'an

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ninju" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 716.

[2] Nussbaum, "Ten'an" at p. 957.

[3] Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 112-114; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 285; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 165.

[4] Titsingh, p. 113; Brown, p. 285; Nussbaum, "Minamoto no Tokiwa" at p. 634.

[5] Nussbaum, "Nihon kōki" at p. 709.

[t114-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Titsingh, p. 114.

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