Chōryaku

Chōryaku (長暦) was a Japanese era (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Chōgen and before Chōkyū. This period spanned the years from April 1037^[1] through 1040.^[2] The reigning emperor was Go-Suzaku-tennō (後朱雀天皇).^[3]

Events of the Chōryaku era

1037 (Chōryaku 1, 2nd day of the 7th month): The eldest son of Emperor Go-Suzaku (Prince Chikihito, who was would become Emperor Go-Reizei) has his coming of age ceremony.^[4]
1037 (Chōryaku 1, 17th day of the 8th month): Go-Suzaku formally names Chikihito as his heir and Crown Prince.^[4]
1038 (Chōryaku 2, 1st day of the 9th month): Fujiwara no Chikaie was killed by a servant during an attempted robbery; and all the greats of the Fujiwara went into mourning.^[5]

Related pages

Heian period

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Chōgen" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 118.
↑ Nussbaum, "Chōkyū" at p. 121.
↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 160-162; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 310-311; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 195-196.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Brown, p. 311.
↑ Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 59, p. 399.

Other websites

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

Keichō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
	1037	1038	1039	1040

Preceded by:
Chōgen

Era or nengō:
Chōryaku

Succeeded by:
Chōkyū

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Chōgen" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 118.

[2] Nussbaum, "Chōkyū" at p. 121.

[3] Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 160-162; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 310-311; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 195-196.

[brown311-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Brown, p. 311.

[5] Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 59, p. 399.

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