Yōwa

Japanese era, spanning from July 1181 through May 1182

Yōwa (養和) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Jishō and before Juei. This period started in July 1181 and ended in May 1182.[1] The reigning emperor was Antoku-tennō (安徳天皇).[2]

Events of the Yōwa era change

  • 1181 (Yōwa 1): A famine that lasts for two years blights this era.[4]

References change

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Yōwa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1064.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 200-207; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 333-334; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 214-215.
  3. Kitagawa, H. (1975). The Tale of the Heike, p. 783.
  4. Kamo no Chōmei. (1212). Hōjōki.

Other websites change


Yōwa 1st 2nd
Gregorian 1181 1182
Preceded by:
Jishō
Era or nengō:
Yōwa
Succeeded by:
Juei