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Shuchō (朱鳥), alternatively read as Suchō or Akamitori, was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after a gap following Hakuchi (650-654) and before another gap lasting until Taihō (701-704). This Shuchō period briefly spanned a period of mere months, June through September 686.[1] The reigning sovereigns were Temmu-tennō (天武天皇) and Jitō-tennō (持統天皇).[2]
Change of era
- 686 Shuchō gannen (朱鳥元年): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events, but the nengō did not survive Emperor Temmu's death. The era ended with the accession of Temmu's successor, Empress Jitō.
Events of the Shuchō era
- 686 (Shuchō 1, 9th day of the 9th month): Emperor Temmu dies[3]
- 686 (Shuchō 1, 2nd day of the 10th month): rebellion of Prince Ōtsu discovered; he and conspirators are arrested[3]
- 686 (Shuchō 1, 3rd day of the 10th month): Prince Ōtsu commits suicide[3]
- 686 (Shuchō 1, 16th day of the 11th month): Princess Ōku, Prince Ōtsu's sister, is removed from position at Ise Shrine[4]
- 686 (Shuchō 1, 17th day of the 11th month): earthquake[4]
Notes
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Shuchō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 889, p. 889, 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, pp. 58-59; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 268-269.
- ^ a b c Hioki (2007:195)
- ^ a b Hioki (2007:196)
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
- Hioki, Eigō. (2007). 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. 13-ISBN 9784336048264/10-ISBN 4336048266; OCLC 676118585
- 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
| Shuchō | 1st |
| Gregorian | 686 |
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