JISHō

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'''Jishō''' (Japanese: 治承) was a Japanese era name (年号, ''nengō'', lit. year name) after ''Angen'' and before ''Yōwa.'' This period spanned the years from 1177 through 1181. The reigning emperors were Takakura''-tennō'' (高倉天皇) and Antoku''-tennō'' (安徳天皇).

Contents
Change of Era
Events of the ''Jishō'' Era
References
Notes
Further reading

Change of Era



★ '''Jishō gannen''' (治承元年) or '''Jishō 1''' (1177): The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in __________.

Events of the ''Jishō'' Era



★ '''Jishō 2''', 12th day of the 11th month (1178): Emperor Takakura's consort, Tokuko, gives birth to an infant who will become Emperor Antoku.[1]

★ '''Jisho 4''', 21st day of the 2nd month (1180): Emperor Takakura abdicates.[2]

★ '''Jisho 4''', 22nd day of the 4th month (1180): Emperor Antoku’s cornonation ceremony.[2]

★ '''Jisho 4''', 2nd day of the 6th month (1180): Former-emperor Go-Shirakawa-in, former-emperor Takakura-in and Emperor Antoku leave Kyoto for Fukuhara.[2]

★ '''Jisho 4''', 26th day of the 11th month (1180): The capital is moved back to Kyoto from Fukuhara.[5]

★ '''Jisho 4''' (1180): A devastating whirlwind causes havoc in Heian-kyo, the capital.[6]

★ '''Jisho 5''', 14th day of the 1st month (1181): Emperor Takakura dies.[2]

References


Notes

1. Kitagawa, H. (1975). ''The Tale of the Heike,'' p. 784.
2. Kitagawa, p. 784.
3. Kitagawa, p. 784.
4. Kitagawa, p. 784.
5. Kitagawa, p. 785.
6. Kamo no Chōmei. (1212). ''Hōjōki.''
7. Kitagawa, p. 784.

Further reading


★ Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). [ Jien (1221)], ''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
Kamo no Chōmei. (1212). ''Hōjōki.'' Heian-kyo.

★ Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida. (1975). ''The Tale of the Heike.'' Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. ISBN 0-86008-128-1

Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo, 1652], ''Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth.'' Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.--''Two digitized examples of this rare book have now been made available online: (1) from the library of the University of Michigan, digitized January 30, 2007; and (2) from the library of Stanford University, digitized June 23, 2006.'' Click here to read the original text in French.

★ Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [Kitabatake Chitafusa, 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 0-231-04940-4

Jishō 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Gregorian 1177 1178 1179 1180 1181


Preceded by:
''Angen''
' Era or ''nengō'':
'Jishō
Succeeded by:
''Yōwa''





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