Anna (era)
{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (968–970 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|Anna|安和}} was a {{nihongo|Japanese era|年号|nengō|"year name"}} after Kōhō and before Tenroku. This period spanned the years from August 968 through March 970.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Anna" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|Japan Encyclopedia, p. 32|page=32}}; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see [https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File]. The reigning emperors were {{nihongo|Reizei-tennō|冷泉天皇}} and {{nihongo|En'yū-tennō|円融天皇}}.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 142–143]; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 299–300; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 191–192.
Change of era
- February 2, 968 {{nihongo|Anna gannen|安和元年}}: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Kōhō 4, on the 15th day of the 8th month of 968.Brown, p. 298.
Events of the ''Anna'' era
- October 26, 968 (Anna 1, 26th day of the 10th month): A child who would become Emperor Kazan is born in the house of the man who would become Emperor Ichijō.McCullough, Helen Craig. (1980). Okagami, the Great Mirror: Fujiwara Michinaga (966–1027) and his Times, p. 80.
- September 27, 969 (Anna 2, 13th day of the 8th month): {{nihongo|Fujiwara no Saneyori|藤原実頼}} was appointed sesshō (regent).
- 969 (Anna 2, 10th month): The sadaijin {{nihongo|Fujiwara no Morotada|藤原師尹}} died.Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 p. 144.]
- 969 (Anna 2, 12th month): The sesshō Saneyori celebrated his 70th birthday.
- 969 (Anna 2): The "Anna Incident" (Anna no hen)Mostow, Joshua. (1999). {{Google books|lybyWV5DE1YC|At the House of Gathered Leaves: Shorter Biographical and Autobiographical Narratives from Japanese Court Literature, p. 3|page=3}}; excerpt, "At the time of Emperor Murakami's death and the accession of Emperor Reizei in 967, it was unclear who would be crown prince ... In 969, an alleged plot to usurp the throne was uncovered; and Imperial Prince Tamehira was banished to Kyushu."
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References
- Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). [https://books.google.com/books?id=w4f5FrmIJKIC&q=Gukansho Gukanshō: The Future and the Past.] Berkeley: University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-03460-0}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/251325323 OCLC 251325323]
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC Japan encyclopedia.] Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 58053128]
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran Annales des empereurs du Japon.] Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]
- Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|9780231049405}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6042764 OCLC 6042764]
External 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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