Taihō (era) explained

was a after a late 7th century interruption in the sequence of nengō after Shuchō and before Keiun. This period spanned the years from March 701 through May 704.^[1] The reigning emperor was .^[2]

History

In 701, also known as, the new era name Taihō (meaning "Great Treasure") was proclaimed to memorialize the creation of the "great treasure" of codified organization and laws. The new era commenced on the 21st day of the 3rd month of 701.^[3]

Timeline

The system of Japanese era names was not the same as Imperial reign dates.

Events of the Taihō era

• 701 (Taihō 1): Plans for sending a diplomatic mission to the Tang court were approved.^[4]
• 702 (Taihō 2): The or Taihōryō reorganizing the central government and completing many of the reforms begun by the Taika Reforms in 646.^[5]
• 702 (Taihō 2): A mission to the Tang court, led by, embarked on their journey to China, traveling by ship.^[4] This was called the "embassy of Taihō" because it was begun during this era.^[6]

References

• Asakawa, Kan'ichi. (1903). The Early Institutional Life of Japan. Tokyo: Shueisha. OCLC 4427686; see online, multi-formatted, full-text book at openlibrary.org
• Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. ; OCLC 251325323
• Fogel, Joshua A. (2009). Articulating the Sinosphere: Sino-Japanese Relations in Space and Time. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ;
• Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1962). Sovereign and Subject. 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). Jinnō Shōtōki: A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns. New York: Columbia University Press. ; OCLC 59145842

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). "Taihō" in ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File .
2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 60–63; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 270–271; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 137–140.
3. Brown, p. 271.
4. Fogel, Joshua A. (2009). Articulating the Sinosphere: Sino-Japanese Relations in Space and Time, pp. 102–107; publisher's blurb;
5. Asakawa, Kan'ichi. (1903). The Early Institutional Life of Japan, p. 13.
6. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Sovereign and Subject, p. 244.