Editing Module:Jinki (era)

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (724–729 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Jinki'''| 神亀}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Yōrō]]'' and before ''[[Tenpyō]].''  This period spanned the years from February  724 through August 729.<ref>[[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]]. (2005). "''Jinki''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 424|page=424}}.</ref> The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|[[Emperor Shōmu|Shōmu]]''-tennō''|聖武天皇}}.<ref>[[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac]]. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', p. 67]–68; [[Delmer Brown|Brown, Delmer M.]] (1979). [https://books.google.com/books?id=w4f5FrmIJKIC&pg=PA272  ''Gukanshō'', pp. 272–273]; [[H. Paul Varley|Varley, H. Paul]]. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', pp. 141–143.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''724''' {{nihongo|''Jinki gannen''|神亀元年}}: The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Yōrō'' 8, on the 4th day of the 2nd month of 724.<ref>Brown, [https://books.google.com/books?id=w4f5FrmIJKIC&pg=PA273 p. 273].</ref> The new era name meant "Sacred tortoise".<ref>Bialock, David T. (2007). [https://books.google.com/books?id=kfWvoVERWREC&pg=PA63  ''Eccentric Spaces, Hidden Histories: Narrative, Ritual, and Authority from The Chronicles of Japan to The Tale of the Heike,'' p. 63].</ref>

==Events of the ''Jinki'' era==
* '''727''' (''Jinki 4''): The emperor sent commissioners into all the provinces to examine the administrations of the governors and the conduct of all public functionaries.<ref  name="t68">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 68.]</ref>
* '''728''' (''Jinki 5''): An ambassador from Korea was received in court.<ref name="t68"/>

==Notes==
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==References==
* [[Delmer Brown|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]
* [[Louis-Frédéric|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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| title = [[Japanese era name|Era or ''nengō'']]<br>Jinki
| after =[[Tenpyō]]
| years = 724–729
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