Period of Japanese history (1744–1748)
Enkyō (延享) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Kanpō and before Kan'en. This period spanned the years from February 1744 through July 1748.[1] The reigning emperors were Sakuramachi-tennō (桜町天皇) and Momozono-tennō (桃園天皇).[2]
Change of era
- 1744 Enkyō gannen (延享元年): The new era of Enkyō (meaning "Becoming Prolonged") was created to mark the start of a new 60-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Kampō 4, on the
Events of Enkyō era
- 1744 (Enkyō 1): A great comet was visible in the sky for many months; this comet is likely to have been what is today identified as C/1743 X1 (De Cheseaux).[3]...Click link for online Harvard-Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System
- 1745 (Enkyō 2): Tokugawa Ieshige became shōgun of the Edo bakufu.[4]
- 1745 (Enkyō 2): First establishment of a market fair in the capital was to be found at the temple of Hirano, in the Ōmi province.[4]
- 1746 (Enkyō 3, 2nd month): A great fire sweeps through Edo.[4]
Notes
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Enkyō", Japan Encyclopedia, p. 179.
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 417-418.
- ^ Zhuang, T. (1988). Acta Astronomica Sinica, v29:2, p. 208.
- ^ a b c Titsingh, p. 418.
References
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection