Jishō

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::summary Period of Japanese history (1177–1181 CE) ::

Jishō was a Japanese era name after Angen and before Yōwa. This period spanned the years from August 1177 through July 1181. The reigning emperors were Takakura-tennō and Antoku-tennō.

Change of era

• 1177 Jishō gannen: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Angen 3, on the 4th day of the 8th month of 1177.

Events of the ''Jishō'' era

• 1177 (Jishō 1, 28th day of the 4th month): A great fire in the capital was spread by high winds; and the palace was reduced to cinders.
• 1178 (Jishō 2, 12th day of the 11th month): Emperor Takakura's consort, Tokuko, gives birth to an infant who will become Emperor Antoku.
• 1180 (Jishō 4, 21st day of the 2nd month): Emperor Takakura abdicates.
• 1180 (Jishō 4, 21st day of the 4th month): In the 12th year of Takakura*-tennō*s reign (高倉天皇12年), the emperor was forced to abdicate; and the succession (senso) was received by his infant son, the grandson of Taira Kiyomori.
• 1180 (Jishō 4, 22nd day of the 4th month): Emperor Antoku's is said to have acceded to the throne (sokui) on the day of his coronation ceremony.
• 1180 (Jishō 4, 2nd day of the 6th month): Former-Emperor Go-Shirakawa-in, former-emperor Takakura-in and Emperor Antoku leave Kyoto for Fukuhara, which is near modern-day Kōbe, Hyōgo.
• 1180 (Jishō 4, 26th day of the 11th month): The capital is moved back to Kyoto from Fukuhara.
• 1180 (Jishō 4): A devastating whirlwind causes havoc in Heian-kyō, the capital.
• 1181 (Jishō 5, 14th day of the 1st month): Emperor Takakura dies.
• 1181 (Jishō 5, 25th day of the 4th month): Battle of Sunomata-gawa

References

General

• Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. ; OCLC 251325323
• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai 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. ; OCLC 6042764

References

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Jishō''" in {{Google books. p2QnPijAEmEC. ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 425. link. (2012-05-24 .)
2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 195–200; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 330–333; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' pp. 212–214.
3. Brown, p. 332.
4. Titsigh, p. 198; Kitagawa, H. (1975). ''The Tale of the Heike'', p. 783; Kamo no Chōmei. (1212). ''Hōjōki.''
5. Kitagawa, H. (1975). ''The Tale of the Heike'', p. 784.
6. Titsingh, p. 200; Brown, p. 333; Kitagawa, p. 784; Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of ''senso'' is unrecognized prior to [[Emperor Tenji]]; and all sovereigns except [[Empress Jitō. Jitō]], [[Emperor Yōzei. Yōzei]], [[Emperor Go-Toba. Go-Toba]], and [[Emperor Fushimi. Fushimi]] have ''senso'' and ''sokui'' in the same year until the reign of [[Emperor Go-Murakami]].
7. Kitagawa, p. 784; Varley, p. 44.
8. Kitagawa, p. 785.
9. Kamo no Chōmei. (1212). ''Hōjōki''.

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