Meireki

Change of era

  • 1655 Meireki gannen (明暦元年): The era name was changed to mark the enthronement of Emperor Go-Sai. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Jōō 4, on the 13th day of the 4th month.

The source of the new era name was:

  • From the Book of Han: "With the Nine Chapters of the Great Law, the five eras will be known" (大法九章、而五紀歴法)
  • From the Book of the Later Han: "The Yellow Emperor began the passing of time, so that is why the character 歴 [passing of time] and 暦 [rhythmic cycle] are used together" (黄帝造歴、歴与同作)

Events of the Meireki era

  • 1655 (Meireki 1): The new ambassador of Korea, arrived in Japan.[2]
  • 1655 (Meireki 1): The ex-Emperor went for the first time to Shugakuin Rikyū.[3]
  • March 2–3, 1657 (Meireki 3, 18th-19th days of the 1st month): The city of Edo was devastated by the Great Fire of Meireki.[2]

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Meireki" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 625, p. 625, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  2. Titsingh, p. 413., p. 413, at Google Books
  3. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: the Old Capital, 794-1869, p. 318.

References

  • Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
  • Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794–1869. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 182637732
  • Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 978-0-203-09985-8; OCLC 65177072
  • 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
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Preceded by
Jōō (承応)
Era or nengō
Meireki (明暦)

1655–1658
Succeeded by
Manji (万治)
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