Jōgan

. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA115,M1 "Annales des empereurs du japon," p. 115] -121; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," pp. 286-288; Varley, H. Paul. "Jinnō Shōtōki," pp. 166-17.]

Change of era

* 859 nihongo|"Jōgan gannen"|貞観元年: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in "Ten'an" 3, on the 25th day of the 4th month of 859. [Brown, p. 287.]

Events of the "Jōgan" era

* 859 ("Jōgan 1, 1st month"] ): All New Year's festivities were suspended because of the period of national mourning for the death of Emperor Montoku. [Titsingh, [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA116,M1 p. 116.] ]
* 864 ("Jōgan 6, 5th month"): Mount Fuji erupted during 10 days, and it ejected from its summit an immense quantity of cinders and ash which fell back to earth as far away as the ocean at Edo bay. May people perished and a great number of homes were destroyed. The volcanic eruption began on the side of Fuji-san closes to Mount Asama, throwing cinders and ash as far away as Kai province. [Titsingh, [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA118,M1 p. 118.] ]
* 869 ("Jōgan 10"): Yōzei was born, and he is named Seiwa's heir in the following year. [Titsingh, [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA122,M1 p. 122.] ]
* 876 ("Jōgan 17, 11th month"): In the 18th year of Seiwa"-tennō" 's reign (清和天皇18年), the emperor ceded his throne to his five-year-old son, which means that the young child received the succession (‘‘senso’’). Shortly thereafter, Emperor Yōzei formally acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’). [Titsingh, [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA122,M1 p. 122;] Varley, 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 Go-Murakami.] ]

Notes

References

* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). [ Jien, c. 1220] , "Gukanshō; "The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō,' an interpretive history of Japan written in 1219" translated from the Japanese and edited by Delmer M. Brown & Ichirō Ishida." Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-03460-0
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652] . "Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran Annales des empereurs du Japon'." Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.
* Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [ Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1359] , "Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley)." New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-321-04940-4

ee also

* Historic eruptions of Mount Fuji

External links

* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]