Shōhō

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Shōhō (正保, Shōhō^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Kan'ei and before Keian. This period spanned the years from 1644 through 1648. The reigning emperor was Go-Komyo-tennō (後光明天皇, Go-Komyo-tennō^?).^[1]

1 Change of era
2 Events of the Shōhō era
3 References
- 3.1 External links

[edit] Change of era

Shōhō gannen (正保元年, Shōhō gannen^?), 1644: 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.^[2]

[edit] Events of the Shōhō era

Shōhō 1 (1644): 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).^[3]

Shōhō 2, on the 23rd day of the 4th month (1645): The Shogun was elevated the court role of Middle Counselor (中納言, Chūnaigon^?).^[1]
Shōhō 2 (January 18, 1646: Death of Hosokawa Tadaoki.
Shōhō 3 (May 11, 1646): Death of Yagyu Munenori.
Shōhō 3 (June 13, 1645): Death of Miyamoto Musashi.
Shōhō 3 (December 1645): Death of Takuan Sōhō, a leading figure in the Zen reform movement.^[4]
Shōhō 6 (1648): The shogunate issues a legal code governing the lives of commoners in Edo.^[5]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 412.
^ Hall, John Whitney. The Cambridge History of Japan. p. xx.
^ Traganeou, Jilly. (2004). The Tokaido Road: Traveling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan, p. 230.
^ Hall, John Whitney. The Cambridge History of Japan. p. xx.
^ Hall, John Whitney. The Cambridge History of Japan. p. xx.

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Traganeou, Jilly. (2004). The Tokaido Road: Traveling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-4153-1091-1