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'''Kyōhō''' (Japanese:享保) was a Japanese era name (年号, ''nengō'', lit. year name) after ''Shōtoku'' and before '' Gembun.'' This period spanned the years from 1716 through 1736. The reigning emperors were Nakamikado''-tennō'' (中御門天皇) and Sakuramachi''-tennō'' (桜町天皇).

Contents

Change of Era

Events of the ''Kyōhō'' Era

References

Notes

Further reading

External links

Change of Era

★ '''Kyōhō gannen''' (享保元年) or '''Kyōhō 1''' (1716): The era name of ''Kyōhō'' (meaning "Undergoing and Supporting") was created in response to the death of Tokugawa Ietsugu. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Shōtoku'' 6, on the 22nd day of the 6th month.

Events of the ''Kyōhō'' Era

★ '''Kyōhō 2''' (1717): ''Kyōhō'' Reforms under the leadership of the shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune.

★ '''Kyōhō 6''' (1721): Edo population of 1.1 million is world's largest city.^[1]

★ '''Kyōhō 17''' (1732): The ''Kyōhō'' Famine

References

Notes

1. Foreign Press Center. (1997). ''Japan: Eyes on the Country, Views of the 47 Prefectures,'' p. 127.

Further reading

★ Foreign Press Center. (1997). ''Japan: Eyes on the Country, Views of the 47 Prefectures.'' Tokyo: Foreign Press Center/Japan.

★ Screech, Timon. (2006). ''Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822.'' London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-700-71720-X

★ Titsingh, Isaac. (1822). ''Illustrations of Japan; consisting of Private Memoirs and Anecdotes of the reigning dynasty of The Djogouns, or Sovereigns of Japan; a description of the Feasts and Ceremonies observed throughout the year at their Court; and of the Ceremonies customary at Marriages and Funerals: to which are subjoined, observations on the legal suicide of the Japanese, remarks on their their poetry, an explanation of their mode of reckoning time, particulars respecting the Dosia powder, the preface of a work by Confoutzee on filial piety, &c. &c.'' by M. Titsingh formerly Chief Agent to the Dutch East India Company at Nangasaki. Translated from the French, by Frederic Shoberl with coloured plates, faithfully copied from Japanese original designs. London: Ackerman.

★ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Supplément aux annales des daïri,'' appended to [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō (1652)], ''Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth.'' Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. --''Two digitized examples of this rare book have now been made available online: (1) from the library of the University of Michigan, digitized January 30, 2007; and (2) from the library of Stanford University, digitized June 23, 2006.'' Click here to read the original text in French.

External links

★ National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Kyōhō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
Gregorian	1716	1717	1718	1719	1720	1721	1722	1723	1724	1725	1726	1727	1728	1729	1730	1731	1732	1733	1734	1735	1736

Preceded by: ''Shōtoku''

' Era or ''nengō'': 'Kyōhō

Succeeded by: '' Gembun''