Editing Module:Reiki (era)

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (715–717 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Reiki'''''|霊亀}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Wadō (era)|Wadō]]'' and before ''[[Yōrō]].''  This period spanned the years from September 715 through November 717.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Reiki''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 785|page=785}}; 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 empress was {{nihongo|[[Empress Genshō|Genshō]]''-tennō''|元正天皇}}.<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. 65]–67;  Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 271–272; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' pp. 140–141.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''715''' {{nihongo|''Reiki gannen''|霊亀元年}}; 715: The new era name was created to mark the beginning of the reign of Empress Genshō. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Wadō'' 8 on the 3rd day of the 9th month of 715.<ref>Brown, p. 272.</ref>

==Events of the ''Reiki'' era==
* '''715''' (''Reiki 1''): [[Empress Gemmei]] abdicates; and her daughter receives the succession (''senso''). Shortly thereafter, Empress Genshō formally accedes to the throne (''[[sokui]]''). [[Emperor Mommu]], Genshō's father, had died in 707, but his son (her brother) was deemed too young to receive the succession (''senso''); and instead, the mother of the male heir formally acceded to the throne (''sokui'') as Empress Gemmei until her son would grow mature enough to accept ''senso'' and ''sokui''. The future Emperor Shōmu's sister undertook a similar responsibility as Empress Genshō.<ref>Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', 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> {{Moreinfo}}

==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 = 715–717
| after =[[Yōrō]]
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