Suiko period

The Suiko period was an era of 25 years during the Asuka period of Japanese history.^[1] This period overlaps all but 7 years of Empress Suiko's reign (604-628) or it is used as a synonym for her reign (593-628).^[2]

Calendar

The adoption of the sexegenary cycle calendar (Jikkan Jūnishi) was a significant event in the reign of Empress Suiko.^[3] This pre-dates the system of Japanese era names (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") which was started in 645.^[4]

Events of the Suiko period

604: In the 12th year of Suiko's reign, Japan organized its earliest Imperial calendar, also known as the "Suiko period".^[1]
628: In the 35th year of Suiko, the empress abdicated;^[2] and the period ended.

Related pages

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 National Diet Library (NDL), "Calendar history/The Source"; NengoCalc, "(596) 推古 Suiko" Archived 2016-08-13 at the Wayback Machine; online conversion of Japanese dates into their Western equivalents based on tables from Paul Tuschihashi and Reinhard Zöllner; retrieved 2012-11-14.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Suiko Tennō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 910.
↑ Nussbaum, "Jikkan Jūnishi," Japan Encyclopedia, p. 420.
↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 48.

References

Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon (Nihon Odai Ichiran). Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
Tsuchihashi, Paul, S.J. (1952). Japanese chronological tables from 601 to 1872 (邦曆西曆對照表: 自推古九年至明治五年, Hōreki seireki taishōhyō: Suiko kyūnen yori Meiji gonen ni itaru). Tokyo: Sophia University. OCLC 001291275
Zöllner, Reinhard. (2003). Japanische Zeitrechnung: ein Handbuch Munich: Iudicium Verlag. ISBN 9783891297834; OCLC 249297777

Other websites

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

Suiko period	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21th	22th	23th	24th	25th
Gregorian	604	605	606	607	608	609	610	611	612	613	614	615	616	617	618	619	620	621	622	623	624	625	626	627	628

Preceded by:
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593-604

Imperial reign:
Suiko period
604–628

Succeeded by:
Jomei period
629-641

[ndl-1] 1.0 ^1.1 National Diet Library (NDL), "Calendar history/The Source"; NengoCalc, "(596) 推古 Suiko" Archived 2016-08-13 at the Wayback Machine; online conversion of Japanese dates into their Western equivalents based on tables from Paul Tuschihashi and Reinhard Zöllner; retrieved 2012-11-14.

[nussbaum910-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Suiko Tennō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 910.

[3] Nussbaum, "Jikkan Jūnishi," Japan Encyclopedia, p. 420.

[4] Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 48.

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