Editing Module:Jishō

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1177–1181 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Jishō'''|治承}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Angen]]'' and before ''[[Yōwa]]''.  This period spanned the years from August 1177 through July 1181.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Jishō''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 425|page=425}}; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'' [http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 |date=2012-05-24 }}.</ref>  The reigning emperors were {{nihongo|[[Emperor Takakura|Takakura]]''-tennō''|高倉天皇}} and {{nihongo|[[Emperor Antoku|Antoku]]''-tennō''|安徳天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 195–200; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 330–333; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' pp. 212–214.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''1177''' {{nihongo|''Jishō gannen''|治承元年}}: 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 ''Angen'' 3, on the 4th day of the 8th month of 1177.<ref>Brown, p. 332.</ref>

==Events of the ''Jishō'' era==
* '''1177''' (''Jishō 1, 28th day of the 4th month''): A great fire in the capital was spread by high winds; and the palace was reduced to cinders.<ref>Titsigh, p. 198; Kitagawa, H. (1975). ''The Tale of the Heike'', p. 783; Kamo no Chōmei. (1212). ''Hōjōki.''</ref>
* '''1178''' (''Jishō 2, 12th day of the 11th month''): [[Emperor Takakura]]'s consort, Tokuko, gives birth to an infant who will become [[Emperor Antoku]].<ref name="k784">Kitagawa, H. (1975). ''The Tale of the Heike'', p. 784.</ref>
* '''1180''' (''Jishō 4, 21st day of the 2nd month''): Emperor Takakura abdicates.<ref name="k784"/>
* '''1180''' (''Jishō 4, 21st day of the 4th month''): In the 12th year of Takakura''-tennō''{{'}}s reign (高倉天皇12年), the emperor was forced to abdicate; and the succession (''senso'') was received by his infant son, the grandson of Taira Kiyomori.<ref>Titsingh, p. 200; Brown, p. 333; Kitagawa, p. 784; Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of ''senso'' is unrecognized prior to [[Emperor Tenji]]; and all sovereigns except [[Empress Jitō|Jitō]], [[Emperor Yōzei|Yōzei]], [[Emperor Go-Toba|Go-Toba]], and [[Emperor Fushimi|Fushimi]] have ''senso'' and ''sokui'' in the same year until the reign of [[Emperor Go-Murakami]].</ref>
* '''1180''' (''Jishō 4, 22nd day of the 4th month''): Emperor Antoku's is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'') on the day of his coronation ceremony.<ref>Kitagawa, p. 784; Varley, p. 44.</ref>
* '''1180''' (''Jishō 4, 2nd day of the 6th month''): Former-[[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]]-in, former-emperor Takakura-in and Emperor Antoku leave [[Kyoto]] for Fukuhara, which is near modern-day [[Kobe, Hyogo|Kōbe]], [[Hyōgo Prefecture|Hyōgo]].<ref name="k784"/>
* '''1180''' (''Jishō 4, 26th day of the 11th month''): The capital is moved back to Kyoto from Fukuhara.<ref>Kitagawa, p. 785.</ref>
* '''1180''' (''Jishō 4''): A devastating [[whirlwind]] causes havoc in [[Heian-kyō]], the capital.<ref>Kamo no Chōmei. (1212). ''Hōjōki''.</ref>
* '''1181''' (''Jishō 5, 14th day of the 1st month''): Emperor Takakura dies.<ref name="k784"/>
* '''1181''' (''Jishō 5, 25th day of the 4th month''): [[Battle of Sunomata-gawa]]

==References==
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'''General'''

* 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 = 1177–1181
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