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Shōhō (正保, Shōhō^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. The Japanese era calendar scheme is a common Calendar scheme used in Japan, which identifies a year by the combination of the and the year number within the era "year name") after Kan'ei and before Keian. A year (from Old English gēr) is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the Orbit of the Earth around the Sun was a after Genna and before Shōhō. This period spanned the years from 1624 through 1643. was a after Shōhō and before Jōō. This period spanned the years from 1648 through 1652. This period spanned the years from 1644 through 1648. The reigning emperor was Go-Komyo-tennō (後光明天皇, Go-Komyo-tennō^?). Emperor Go-Kōmyō (後光明天皇 Go-Kōmyō-tennō) ( April 20, 1633 - October 30, 1654) was the 110th emperor Emperor Go-Kōmyō (後光明天皇 Go-Kōmyō-tennō) ( April 20, 1633 - October 30, 1654) was the 110th emperor ^[1]

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

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. Emperor Go-Kōmyō (後光明天皇 Go-Kōmyō-tennō) ( April 20, 1633 - October 30, 1654) was the 110th emperor The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Kan'ei 21, on the 16th day of the 12th month. ^[2]

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). was a after Bunroku and before Genna. This period spanned from 1596 to 1615. ^[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. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor ( November 28, 1563 - January 18, 1646) was the eldest son of Hosokawa Fujitaka.
• Shōhō 3 (May 11, 1646): Death of Yagyu Munenori. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople ( 1571 - May 11, 1646) was a Japanese Swordsman, founder of the Edo branch of Yagyū Shinkage-ryū, which he learned from his father
• Shōhō 3 (June 13, 1645): Death of Miyamoto Musashi. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for (c 1584– June 13 ( Japanese calendar: May 19), 1645 also known as Shinmen Takezō, Miyamoto Bennosuke, or
• Shōhō 3 (December 1645): Death of Takuan Sōhō, a leading figure in the Zen reform movement. Takuan Sōhō (沢庵 宗彭 1573 &ndash 1645) was a major figure in the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. ^[4]
• Shōhō 6 (1648): The shogunate issues a legal code governing the lives of commoners in Edo. ^[5]

References

• Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. Routledge is a publisher of non-fiction academic books and journals ISBN 0-700-71720-X
• 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. Hayashi Gahō (林鵞峰 (1618 &ndash 1688 also known as Hayashi Shunsai, was a Japanese Neo-Confucian scholar teacher and administrator in the system of is a 17th century chronicle of the serial reigns of Japanese emperors with brief notes about some of the noteworthy events or other happenings during each period 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. Julius Heinrich Klaproth (1783-1835 German Orientalist and traveller Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (RAS was according to its Royal Charter of August 11, 1824 ... Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)
• Traganeou, Jilly. (2004). The Tokaido Road: Traveling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan. The was the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period, connecting Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto in Japan. London: RoutledgeCurzon. Routledge is a publisher of non-fiction academic books and journals ISBN 0-4153-1091-1

External links

• National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
• National Archives of Japan ...Click link for map of Edo in the 1st or 2nd year of Shōhō (1644 or 1645)

Shōhō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Gregorian	1644	1645	1646	1647	1648

Preceded by: Kan'ei

Era or nengō: Shōhō

Succeeded by: Keian

The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today was a after Genna and before Shōhō. This period spanned the years from 1624 through 1643. The Japanese era calendar scheme is a common Calendar scheme used in Japan, which identifies a year by the combination of the and the year number within the era was a after Shōhō and before Jōō. This period spanned the years from 1648 through 1652.

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