Editing Module:Chōshō

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1132–1135 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Chōshō'''| 長承}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Tenshō (Heian period)|Tenshō]]'' and before ''[[Hōen]].''  This period spanned the years from August 1132 through November 1135.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Chōshō''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 123|page=123}}; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'' [https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File].</ref> The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|[[Emperor Sutoku of Japan|Sutoku]]''-tennō''|崇徳天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  ''Annales des emepereurs du japon'', pp. 181]-185; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 322-324; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', pp. 204-205.</ref>

==Change of Era==
* '''January 20, 1132''' {{nihongo|''Chōshō gannen''|長承元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 長承一年一月一日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Tenshō'' 2, on the 11th day of the 8th month of 1132.<ref>Brown, p. 323.</ref>

==Events of the ''Chōshō'' Era==
* '''1132''' (''Chōshō 1, 1st month''): Fujiwara no Tadasane received a sign of the emperor's favor.<ref name="t184">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 184.]</ref>
* '''1132''' (''Chōshō 1, 3rd month''): The former-[[Emperor Toba]] decided to build himself a palace; and Taira-no Tadamori was placed in charge of its construction. When the project was completed, Tadamori was rewarded by being named governor of the island of [[Tsushima Island|Tsushima]]. Tadamori was a descendant of [[Emperor Kanmu]].<ref name="t184"/>
* '''1132''' (''Chōshō 1, 3rd month''): Emperor Sutoku made a pilgrimage to [[Mount Kōya]].<ref name="t184" />
* '''August 1, 1133''' (''Chōshō 2, 29th day of the 6th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 長承二年六月二十九日 -->: Former-[[Emperor Toba]] had [[Fujiwara no Kanezane]]'s daughter (the future Kaya-no In, 1095–1155) brought to his palace as his consort.<ref name="b93">Brown, p. 93.</ref>
* '''1133''' (''Chōshō 3, 19th day of the 3rd month''):  Kanezane's daughter—Toba's consort—is advanced to the position of empress, but she bore no Imperial sons.<ref name="b93" />
* '''1134''' (''Chōshō 3, 3rd month''): The Emperor visited the [[Kasuga Shrine]].<ref name="t184"/>
* '''1134''' (''Chōshō 3, 3rd month''): Sutoku visited the [[Hiyoshi Taisha]].<ref name="t184"/>
* '''1134''' (''Chōshō 3, 5th month''): The Emperor visited the [[Iwashimizu Shrine]].<ref name="t184"/>
* '''1134''' (''Chōshō 3, 5th month''): Sutoku visited the [[Kamo Shrines]].<ref name="t184"/>

This era was known as a time of famine.<ref>Dobbins, James. (2004). ''Letters of the Nun Eshinni: Images of Pure Land Buddhism in Medieval Japan'', p. 55.</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). [https://books.google.com/books?id=w4f5FrmIJKIC&q=Gukansho  ''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past''.] Berkeley: University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-03460-0}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/251325323  OCLC 251325323]
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC  ''Japan encyclopedia''.] Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition  OCLC 58053128]
* [[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac]]. (1834). ''[[Nihon Ōdai Ichiran]]''; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon''.]  Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]
* [[H. Paul Varley|Varley, H. Paul]]. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa''. New York: [[Columbia University Press]]. {{ISBN|9780231049405}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6042764  OCLC 6042764]

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

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