- Jiryaku
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du japon," pp. 162-166; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," pp. 311-314; ; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki." p. 197-198.]
Change of Era
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1065 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in "Kōhei" 8, 2nd day of the 8th month of 1065. [Brown, p. 313.]Events of the "Jiryaku" Era
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Jiryaku 4", on the 19th day of the 4th month (1068 ): In the 4th year of Emperor Go-Reizei's reign (後冷泉天皇4年), he died at age 44; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by a his son. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Go-Sanjo is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’). [Titsingh, p. 166; Brown, p. 313; Varley, p. 44. [A distinct act of "senso" is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have "senso" and "sokui" in the same year until the reign of Go-Murakami.] ]References
* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). [
Jien , c. 1220] , "Gukanshō (The Future and the Past, a translation and study of the Gukanshō, an interpretative history of Japan written in 1219)." Berkeley:University of California Press . ISBN 0-520-03460-0
* Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [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. [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran ...Click link for digitized, full-text version of this book (in French)]
* Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [Kitabatake Chikafusa , 1359] , "Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley)." New York:Columbia University Press . ISBN 0-231-04940-4External 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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