Enkyō (Edo period)

Enkyō (延享, Enkyō^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Kanpō and before Kan'en. This period spanned the years from 1744 through 1748. The reigning emperors were Sakuramachi-tennō (桜町天皇, Sakuramachi-tennō^?) and Momozono-tennō (桃園天皇, Momozono-tennō^?).^[1]

Contents 1 Change of era 2 Events of Enkyō era 3 Notes 4 References 4.1 External links

Change of era

• Enkyō gannen (延享元年, Enkyō gannen^?); 1744: 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

• Enkyō 1 (1744): Great comet was visible in sky for many months; this comet is likely to have been what is today identified as C/1743 X1 (De Cheseaux). ^[2]...Click link for online Harvard-Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System]
• Enkyō 2 (1745): Tokugawa Ieshige became shogun of the Edo bakufu.^[1]
• Enkyō 2 (1745): First establishment of a market fair in the capital was to be found at the temple of Hirano, in the Ōmi province.^[1]
• Enkyō 3, in the 2nd month (1745): A great fire sweeps through Edo.^[1]

Notes

References

• Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-700-71720-X
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. ... Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)
• Zhuang, T. (1988). Acta Astronomica Sinica, v29:2.

External links

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

Enkyō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Gregorian	1744	1745	1746	1747	1748

Preceded by Kanpō

Era or nengō Enkyō 1744 – 1748

Succeeded by Kan'en

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