Jinki (era)
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Jinki ( 神亀) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Yōrō and before Tenpyō. This period spanned the years from February 724 through August 729.1 The reigning emperor was Shōmu-tennō (聖武天皇).2
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Change of era
- 724 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 724.3 The new era name meant "Sacred tortoise".4
Events of the Jinki era
- 727 (Jinki 4): The emperor sent commissioners into all the provinces to look into examine the administrations of the governors and the conduct of all public functionaries.5
- 724 (Jinki 5): An ambassador from Korea was received in court.5
Notes
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Jinki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 424 at Google Books.
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 67-68; Brown, Delmer M. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 272-273; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 141-143.
- ^ Brown, p. 273.
- ^ Bialock, David T. (2007). Eccentric Spaces, Hidden Histories: Narrative, Ritual, and Authority from The Chronicles of Japan to The Tale of the Heike, p. 63.
- ^ a b Titsingh, p. 68.
References
- Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. 10-ISBN 0-520-03460-0; 13-ISBN 978-0-520-03460-0; OCLC 251325323
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
- Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. 10-ISBN 0231049404/13-ISBN 9780231049405; OCLC 6042764
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Jinki | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
| Gregorian | 724 | 725 | 726 | 727 | 728 | 729 |
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