Jinki (era)
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Jinki (神亀) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Yōrō and before Tenpyō. This period spanned the years from February 724 through August 729.[1] The reigning emperor was Shōmu-tennō (聖武天皇).[2]
Change of era
- 724 Jinki gannen (神亀元年): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Yōrō 8, on the 4th day of the 2nd month of 724.[3]
Events of the Jinki era
- 727 (Jinki 4): The emperor sent commissioners into all the provinces to look into examine the administrations of the governors and the conduct of all public functionaries.[4]
- 724 (Jinki 5): An ambassador from Korea was received in court.[4]
Notes
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Jinki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 424, p. 424, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 67-68; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 272-273; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 141-143.
- ^ Brown, p. 273.
- ^ a b Titsingh, p. 68.
References
- Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. 10-ISBN 0-520-03460-0; 13-ISBN 978-0-520-03460-0; OCLC 251325323
- 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 58053128
- 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
- Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. 10-ISBN 0231049404/13-ISBN 9780231049405; OCLC 6042764
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Jinki | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
| Gregorian | 724 | 725 | 726 | 727 | 728 | 729 |
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