Editing Module:Shōtai

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (898–901 CE)}}
{{History of Japan|Shoso-in.jpg| Image explanation = [[Shōsōin]]}}

{{nihongo|'''Shōtai'''|昌泰}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Kanpyō (era)|Kanpyō]]'' and before ''[[Engi (era)|Engi]].''  This period spanned the years from April 898 to July 901.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Shōtai''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 887|page=887}}; 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 emperor was {{nihongo|[[Emperor Daigo|Daigo]]''-tennō''|醍醐天皇}}.<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. 129–134]; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gokanshō'', pp. 291–293; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', pp. 179–181.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''January 26, 898''' {{nihongo|''Shōtai gannen''|昌泰元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 昌泰一年一月一日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Ninna'' 5, on the 16th day of the 4th month of 898.<ref>Brown, p. 292.</ref>

==Events of the ''Shōtai'' era==
* '''December 7, 899''' (''Shōtai 2, 1st day of the 11th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 昌泰二年十一月一日  -->: The sun entered into the [[winter solstice]], and all the great officials of the empire presented themselves in Daigo's court.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 130.]</ref>
* '''February 6, 900''' (''Shōtai 3, 3rd day of the 1st month''):  Daigo went to visit his father in the place Uda had chosen to live after the abdication.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  pp. 130–131.]</ref>
* '''900''' (''Shōtai 3, 10th month''): The former-[[Emperor Uda]] traveled to  {{nihongo|Mount Kōya|高野山|, ''Kōya-san''}} in what is now [[Wakayama prefecture]] to the south of [[Osaka]]. He visited the temples on the slopes of the mountain.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 131.]</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 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>Shōtai
| years = 898–901
| after =[[Engi (era)|Engi]]
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