Editing Module:Shuchō

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (686 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Shuchō'''|朱鳥}}, alternatively read as ''Suchō'' or ''Akamitori'', was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号| ''nengō''|"year name"}} after a gap following ''[[Hakuchi (era)|Hakuchi]]'' (650–654) and before another gap lasting until [[Taihō (era)|''Taihō'']] (701–704). This ''Shuchō'' period briefly spanned a period of mere months, June through September 686.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Shuchō''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 889|page=889}}; 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 sovereigns were {{nihongo|[[Emperor Tenmu|Tenmu]]''-tennō''|天武天皇}} and {{nihongo|[[Empress Jitō|Jitō]]''-tennō''|持統天皇}}.<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. 58–59]; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 268–269.</ref>

==History==
In 686, also known as {{nihongo|''Shuchō gannen''|朱鳥元年}}, the new era name referred to the red bird of the south, which was one of the Chinese directional animals.<ref>Bender, Ross. (2009). [https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/41038700?uid=3739256&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21101187570013 "The Suppression of the Tachibana Naramaro Conspiracy,"] ''Japanese Journal of Religious Studies'' 37/2:223–245; compare [http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/publications/jjrs/pdf/846.pdf  mirrored full-text] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212223250/http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/publications/jjrs/pdf/846.pdf |date=2012-02-12 }}; retrieved 2012-10-23.</ref> The nengō did not survive Emperor Tenmu's death. The era ended with the accession of Temmu's successor, Empress Jitō.

===Timeline===
{{Timelines of nengo and reigns}}
The system of Japanese era names was not the same as [[List of Emperors of Japan|Imperial reign dates]].

==Events of the ''Shuchō'' era==
* '''686''' (''Shuchō 1, 9th day of the 9th month''): [[Emperor Tenmu]] dies<ref name="Hiroki195">Hioki (2007:195)</ref>
* '''686''' (''Shuchō 1, 2nd day of the 10th month''): rebellion of [[Prince Ōtsu]] discovered; he and conspirators are arrested<ref name="Hiroki195" />
* '''686''' (''Shuchō 1, 3rd day of the 10th month''): Prince Ōtsu commits suicide<ref name="Hiroki195" />
* '''686''' (''Shuchō 1, 16th day of the 11th month''): [[Princess Ōku]], Prince Ōtsu's sister, is removed from position at [[Ise Shrine]]<ref name="Hiroki196">Hioki (2007:196)</ref>
* '''686''' (''Shuchō 1, 17th day of the 11th month''): earthquake<ref name="Hiroki196" />

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

== 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]
* Hioki, Eigō. (2007). {{nihongo|''Chronology of New National History'', Vol. 1 |新・国史大年表. 第1卷 |Shin kokushi dainenpyō. dai 1 kan }}. Tōkyō: Kokusho Kankōkai. {{ISBN|9784336048264}} {{ISBN|4336048266}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/676118585  OCLC 676118585]
* 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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