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Hōki (宝亀) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Jingo-keiun and before Ten'ō. This period spanned the years from October 770 through January 781.[1] The reigning emperor was Kōnin-tennō (光仁天皇).[2]

Change of era

  • 770 Hōki gannen (宝亀元年): 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

  • October 23, 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]
  • August 28, 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 Kammu. Emperor Kōnin's reign had lasted for 11 years.[3]
  • 781 (Hōki 12, 12th month): Kōnin died at the age of 73.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hōki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 343, p. 343, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  2. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 81-85., p. 81, at Google Books; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 276-277; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 147-148.
  3. ^ a b c Brown, p. 277.
  4. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1963) The Vicissitudes of Shinto, p. 206.
  5. ^ Titsingh, p. 84., p. 84, at Google Books
  6. ^ Brown, p. 277; Varley, p. 148.

References

Preceded by Era or nengō
Hōki

770–781
Succeeded by