Jiryaku

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1065–1069 CE)}}

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{{nihongo|Jiryaku|治暦}} was a {{nihongo|Japanese era name|年号|nengō|lit. "year name"}} after Kōhei and before Enkyū. This period spanned the years from August 1065 through April 1069.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Jiryaku" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|Japan Encyclopedia, p. 425|page=425}}; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see [http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 |date=2012-05-24 }}. The reigning emperors were {{nihongo|Go-Reizei-tennō|後冷泉天皇}} and {{nihongo|Go-Sanjō-tennō|後三条天皇}}.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

  • 1065 {{nihongo|Jiryaku gannen|治暦元年}}: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Kōhei 8, 2nd day of the 8th month of 1065.Brown, p. 313.

Events of the ''Jiryaku'' Era

  • April 3, 1066 (Jiryaku 2, 6th day of the 3rd month): A broom star appeared in the east at first light.Pankenier, David et al. (2008). {{Google books|XmgEWgvKmh4C|Archaeoastronomy in East Asia: Historical Observational Records of Comets and Meteor Showers from China, Japan, and Korea, p. 120.|page=120}}
  • 1068 (Jiryaku 4, 14th day of the 8th month): Ceremonies for starting construction on rebuilding the Coronation Hall, which had been destroyed by fire.Kitagawa, Hiroshi et al. (1975). The Tale of the Heike, p. 74.
  • 1068 (Jiryaku 4, 19th day of the 4th month): 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 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; 1 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 Emperor Go-Murakami.

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References

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  • Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida. (1975). The Tale of the Heike. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/262297615 OCLC 262297615]
  • 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]
  • Pankenier, David W., Zhentao Xu and Yaotiao Jiang. (2008). Archaeoastronomy in East Asia: Historical Observational Records of Comets and Meteor Showers from China, Japan, and Korea. Amherst, New York: Cambria Press. {{ISBN|9781604975871}} {{ISBN|1604975873}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269455845 OCLC 269455845]
  • Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai 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]