Suiko period

The Suiko period was an era of 25 years during the Asuka period of Japanese history.[1] This period overlaps all but 7 years of Empress Suiko's reign (604-628) or it is used as a synonym for her reign (593-628).[2]

Calendar

The adoption of the sexegenary cycle calendar (Jikkan Jūnishi) was a significant event in the reign of Empress Suiko.[3] This pre-dates the system of Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). which was started in 645.[4]

Events of the Suiko period

  • 604: In the 12th year of Suiko's reign, Japan organized its earliest Imperial calendar, also known as the "Suiko period".[1]
  • 628: In the 35th year of Suiko, the empress abdicated;[2] and the period ended.

Related pages

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 National Diet Library (NDL), "Calendar history/The Source"; NengoCalc, "(596) 推古 Suiko" Archived 2016-08-13 at the Wayback Machine; online conversion of Japanese dates into their Western equivalents based on tables from Paul Tuschihashi and Reinhard Zöllner; retrieved 2012-11-14.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Suiko Tennō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 910.
  3. Nussbaum, "Jikkan Jūnishi," Japan Encyclopedia, p. 420.
  4. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 48.

References

  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
  • Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon (Nihon Odai Ichiran). Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
  • Tsuchihashi, Paul, S.J. (1952). Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).. Tokyo: Sophia University. OCLC 001291275
  • Zöllner, Reinhard. (2003). Japanische Zeitrechnung: ein Handbuch Munich: Iudicium Verlag. ISBN 9783891297834; OCLC 249297777

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Preceded by:
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593-604
Imperial reign:
Suiko period
604–628
Succeeded by:
Jomei period
629-641