Goki calendar

The Goki calendar (五紀暦, Goki-reki), also known as Wuji li, was a Japanese lunisolar calendar (genka reki).[1] It was developed in China; and it was used in Japan in the mid-9th century.

History

The Goki-reki system corrected errors in the Taien calendar which was used in Japan in the first half of the 9th century. The corrections were the work of[Akasuga Manomaro.[2]

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See also

References
  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Calendar" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 98-99; Bramsen, William. (1880). Japanese chronological tables, p. 25.
  2. Japan, Monbusho. (1876). An outline history of Japanese education: prepared for the Philadelphia International Exhibition, 1876, p. 160.

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