Jinki (era)
{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (724–729 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|Jinki| 神亀}} was a {{nihongo|Japanese era name|年号|nengō|"year name"}} after Yōrō and before Tenpyō. This period spanned the years from February 724 through August 729.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Jinki" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|Japan Encyclopedia, p. 424|page=424}}. The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|Shōmu-tennō|聖武天皇}}.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 67]–68; Brown, Delmer M. (1979). [https://books.google.com/books?id=w4f5FrmIJKIC&pg=PA272 Gukanshō, pp. 272–273]; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 141–143.
Change of era
- 724 {{nihongo|Jinki gannen|神亀元年}}: The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Yōrō 8, on the 4th day of the 2nd month of 724.Brown, [https://books.google.com/books?id=w4f5FrmIJKIC&pg=PA273 p. 273]. The new era name meant "Sacred tortoise".Bialock, David T. (2007). [https://books.google.com/books?id=kfWvoVERWREC&pg=PA63 Eccentric Spaces, Hidden Histories: Narrative, Ritual, and Authority from The Chronicles of Japan to The Tale of the Heike, p. 63].
Events of the ''Jinki'' era
- 727 (Jinki 4): The emperor sent commissioners into all the provinces to examine the administrations of the governors and the conduct of all public functionaries.Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 p. 68.]
- 728 (Jinki 5): An ambassador from Korea was received in court.
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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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