Editing Module:Jōhō

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1074–1077 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Jōhō'''|承保}} was a [[Japanese era name]] (年号, ''nengō'', lit. year name) after ''[[Enkyū]]'' and before ''[[Jōryaku]].''  This period spanned the years from August 1074 through November 1077.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Jōhō''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 430|page=430}}; 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 Shirakawa]]''-tennō''|白河天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 169-171]; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 315-316; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', p. 199-202.</ref>

==Change of Era==
* '''January 30, 1074''' {{nihongo|''Jōhō gannen''|承保元年}}: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Enkyū'' 6, on the 23rd day of the 8th month of 1074.<ref>Brown, p. 313.</ref>

==Events of the ''Jōhō'' Era==
* '''1074''' (''Jōhō 1, 1st month''): ''[[Dainagon]]'' Minamoto- no Takakune asked to be relieved of his duties because of his age. He was 71, and he wanted to retire to Uji. In his retirement, he was visited by many friends with whom he pursued research into the history of Japan. He brought this work together in a book.<ref name="t169">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 169.]</ref>
* '''March 7, 1074''' (''Jōhō 1, 7th day of the 2nd month'')<!-- NengoCalc 承保一年二月七日 -->: The former ''kampaku'' [[Fujiwara Yorimichi]] died aged 83. In this same period, his sister, the widow of Emperor Ichijo, died aged 87.<ref name="t169"/>
* '''October 25, 1074''' (''Jōhō 1, 3rd day of the 10th month'')<!-- Nengocalc 承保一年十月三日 -->: Empress Jōtō-mon In died at the age of 87.<ref>Brown, pp. 315-316.</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 Odai 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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| title = [[Japanese era name|Era or ''nengō'']]<br>Jōhō
| after =[[Jōryaku]]
| years = 1074–1077
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