Shōhō

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Shōhō (正保) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Kan'ei and before Keian. This period spanned the years from December 1644 through February 1648. The reigning emperor was Go-Komyo-tennō (後光明天皇).

Change of era

• 1644 Shōhō gannen (正保元年): The era name was changed to Shōhō to mark the enthronement of the new emperor Go-Kōmyō. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Kan'ei 21, on the 16th day of the 12th month.

Events of the Shōhō era

• 1644 (Shōhō 1): The third major map of Japan was ordered by the Shogunate—the first having been completed in Keicho 10—at a scale of 1:432,000 (based on maps of the provinces drawn to a scale of 1:21,600).

• May 18, 1645 (Shōhō 2, 23rd day of the 4th month): The Shogun was elevated the court role of Middle Counselor (中納言, Chūnaigon).
• December 1645 (Shōhō 3): Death of Takuan Sōhō, a leading figure in the Zen reform movement.
• January 18, 1646 (Shōhō 2, 2nd day of the 12th month): Death of Hosokawa Tadaoki.^{[citation needed]}
• May 11, 1646 (Shōhō 3, 26th day of the 3rd month): Death of Yagyu Munenori.^{[citation needed]}
• June 13, 1646 (Shōhō 3, 30th day of the 4th month): Death of Miyamoto Musashi.^{[citation needed]}
• 1648 (Shōhō 6): The shogunate issues a legal code governing the lives of commoners in Edo.

References

• Hall, John Whitney. (1997). The Cambridge History of Japan: Early Modern Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 10-ISBN 0-521-22355-5; 13-ISBN 978-0-521-22355-3; OCLC 174552485
• Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
• Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. 10-ISBN 0203099850, 13-ISBN 9780203099858; OCLC 65177072
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
• Traganeou, Jilly. (2004). The Tokaido Road: Traveling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-4153-1091-1

External links

• National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
• National Archives of Japan map of Edo in the 1st or 2nd year of Shōhō (1644 or 1645)

Shōhō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Gregorian	1644	1645	1646	1647	1648

Preceded by: Kan'ei

Era or nengō: Shōhō

Succeeded by: Keian