Hōki Explained

was a after Jingo-keiun and before Ten'ō. This period spanned the years from October 770 through January 781.^[1] The reigning emperor was .^[2]

Change of era

• 770 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Jingo-keiun 4, on the 18th day of the 8th month of 770.^[3]

Events of the Hōki era

• 23 October 770 (Hōki 1, 1st day of the 10th month): The era name was changed to mark the beginning of Emperor Konin's reign.^[3]
• 778 (Hōki 9): The emperor granted Kashima-jinja a divine seal for use on documents.^[4]
• 28 August 779 (Hōki 10, 7th month): Fujiwara no Momokawa died at age 48.^[5]
• 781 (Hōki 12, 4th month ): The emperor abdicated in favor of his son, who would later come to be known as Emperor Kanmu. Emperor Kōnin's reign had lasted for 11 years.^[3]
• 781 (Hōki 12, 12th month): Kōnin died at the age of 73.^[6]

References

• 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
• Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1963). The Vicissitudes of Shinto. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society.
• 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

External links

• National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Notes and References

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hōki" in ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 276–277; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 147–148.
3. Brown, p. 277.
4. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1963) The Vicissitudes of Shinto, p. 206.
5. Titsingh,
6. Brown, p. 277; Varley, p. 148.