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Taihō (era)
Taihō (大宝) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after a late 7th century interruption in the sequence of nengō after Shuchō and before Keiun. This period started in March 701 and ended in May 704.[1] The reigning emperor was Mommu-tennō (文武天皇).[2]
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History
The system of nengō mirrored the Chinese system of eras (nianhao).[3] The use of nengō marked a new phase in the history of the Imperial court. It became an example of growth in political power.[4]
Taihō was adopted to mark the discovery of gold in Tsushima.[5]
Timeline
| Timelines of early Japanese nengō and Imperial reign dates |
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ImageSize = width:600 height:200 PlotArea = width:460 height:109 left:80 bottom:71 AlignBars = justify Colors = id:nengo value:rgb(0.85,0.85,1) legend:Nengō id:reign value:rgb(0.95,0.95,0) legend:Reigns id:black value:black id:canvas value:gray(0.98) BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas Period = from:644 till:708 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:645 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:1 start:645 BarData = bar:nengo text: bar:reign text: PlotData = align:center textcolor:black fontsize:S mark:(line,black) width:25 shift:(0,-5) bar:nengo color:nengo from:645.8 till:650.2 text:"Taika" shift:(1,3) from:650.2 till:654.12 text:"Hakuchi" shift:(11,0) from:686.6 till:686.9 text:Shuchō from:701.3 till:704.5 text:"Taihō" shift:(4,3) from:704.5 till:708 text:"Keiun" shift:(9,0) bar:reign color:reign from:645 till:654 text:Kōtoku from:654 till:661 text:Saimei from:661 till:671 text:Tenji from:671 till:672 text:Kōbun from:672 till:686 text:Temmu from:686 till:697 text:Jitō from:697 till:707 text:Mommu
fontsize:M pos:(10,120) text:"Kōgyoku" pos:(542,120) text:"Gemmei"
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The system of Japanese era names was not the same as Imperial reign dates.
Events of the Taihō era
- 701 (Taihō 1): Plans for mission to the Tang court was approved.[6]
- 702 (Taihō 2): The Taihō Code or "Code of Taihō" (大宝律令 Taihō-ritsuryō) or Taihōryō reorganized Japan's government.[7] It completed the Taika Reforms.[8]
- 701 (Taihō 2): A mission to the Tang court was led by Awata no Mahito (粟田真人). The diplomats travelled by ship.[6] This was called the "embassy of Taihō" because it was begun during this era.[9]
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References
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Taihō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 924.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Mommu Tennō," p. 655; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 60-63; Brown, Delmer. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 270-271; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 137-140.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Taika" at p. 924.
- ↑ Bialock, David T. (2007). Eccentric Spaces, Hidden Histories: Narrative, Ritual, and Royal Authority from the Chronicles of Japan to the Tale of the Heike, pp. 56-57.
- ↑ Bender, Ross. (2009). "The Suppresion of the Tachibana Naramaro Conspiracy," Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 37/2:225; compare mirrored full-text; retrieved 2012-10-23.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Fogel, Joshua A. (2009). Articulating the Sinosphere: Sino-Japanese Relations in Space and Time, pp. 102-107; publisher's blurb;
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Taihō ritsuryō" at p. 924.
- ↑ Asakawa, Kan'ichi. (1903). The Early Institutional Life of Japan, p. 13; Nussbaum, "Taika no kaishin" at p. 924.
- ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Sovereign and Subject, p. 244.
Other websites
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Taihō | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Gregorian | 701 | 702 | 703 | 704 |
| Preceded by: —— |
Era or nengō: Taihō |
Succeeded by: Keiun |
| Preceded by: Jitō period 686—697 |
Imperial reign: Mommu period 697—707 |
Succeeded by: —— |
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