Editing Module:Jōhei

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (931–938 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Jōhei'''|承平}}, also [[romanization|romanized]] as '''Shōhei''', was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Enchō]]'' and before ''[[Tengyō]].''  This period spanned the years from April 931 through May 938.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Jōhei''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 429|page=429}}; 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 Suzaku]]''-tennō''|朱雀天皇}}.<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. 134–155]; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', p. 294–295; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', p. 181–183.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''January 22, 931''' {{nihongo|''Jōhei gannen''|承平元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 承平一年一月一日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Enchō'' 9, on the 26th day of the 4th month of 931.<ref>Brown, p. 295; Varley, p. 181–182.</ref>

==Events of the ''Jōhei'' era==
* '''September 3, 931''' (''Jōhei 1, 19th day of the 7th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 承平一年七月十九日   -->: The former-[[Emperor Uda]] (867-931) died at the age of 65.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 135]; Brown, p. 295.</ref>
* '''932''' (''Jōhei 2, 8th month''): The ''[[udaijin]]'' (Minister of the Right) [[Fujiwara no Sadakata]] (873-932) died at the age of 65.<ref name="t135">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 135.]</ref>
* '''933''' (''Jōhei 3, 8th month''): The ''[[dainagon]]'' (great counselor) Fujiwara no Nakahira, brother of ''[[sesshō]]'' (regent) Fujiwara Takahira, is named ''udaijin.''<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 135]; Brown, p. 294.</ref>
* '''933''' (''Jōhei 3, 12th month''): Ten of the chief dignitaries of the empire went falcon-hunting together in [[Owari Province]]. Each of them was magnificent in his formal hunting attire.<ref name="t135"/>
* '''935''' (''Jōhei 5''): The Great Fundamental Central Hall (''kompon chūdō'') on [[Mount Hiei]] burned down.<ref>Brown, p. 295.</ref>
* '''September 7, 936''' (''Jōhei 6, 19th day of the 8th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 承平六年八月十九日  -->: [[Fujiwara no Tadahira]] was named ''daijō-daijin'' (Prime Minister); and in this same period, Fujiwara Nakahira was named ''sadaijin'' (Minister of the Left), and Fujiwara Tsunesuke was named ''udaijin''.<ref name="t135"/>
* '''937''' (''Jōhei 7, 12th month''): The former-[[Emperor Yōzei]] celebrated his 70th birthday.<ref name="t135"/>

==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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| years = 931–938
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