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Meiō (明応), also known as Mei-ō, was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, "year name") after Entoku and before Bunki. This period spanned the years from July 1492 (532 years ago) (1492-07) through February 1501 (523 years ago) (1501-02). Reigning emperors were Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō (後土御門天皇) and Go-Kashiwabara-tennō (後柏原天皇).

## Change of era

* 1492 Meiō gannen (明応元年): The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended and a new one commenced in Entoku 4.

## Events of the Meiō era

* 1492 (Meiō 1, 8th month): Shōgun Yoshimura led an army against Takayori in Ōmi Province. He laid siege to Mii-dera. Takayori saved himself by escaping in the slopes of Mount Koka. Then, Shōgun Yoshimura returned to Heian-kyō.
* 1492 (Meiō 2, 1st month): The kampaku Ichijō Fuyuyoshi was named daijō-daijin.
* 1492 (Meiō 2, 2nd month): Shōgun Yoshimura, accompanied by Hatakeyama Masanaga, marched against Kawachi Province, with plans to capture and put to death Hatakeyama Toshitoyo, the son of Yoshinari.
* September 12, 1495 (Meiō 4, 24th day of the 8th month): Earthquake at Kamakura (35°06′00″N 139°30′00″E﻿ / ﻿35.100°N 139.500°E﻿ / 35.100; 139.500), 7.1 on the Surface-wave magnitude scale (M$_s$ ).
* July 9, 1498 (Meiō 7, 20th day of the 6th month): Earthquake in the Enshū-nada Sea (34°24′00″N 137°42′00″E﻿ / ﻿34.400°N 137.700°E﻿ / 34.400; 137.700), 6.4 M$_s$ .
* September 20, 1498 (Meiō 7, 2nd day of the 7th month): Earthquake in the Enshū-nada Sea (34°00′00″N 138°06′00″E﻿ / ﻿34.000°N 138.100°E﻿ / 34.000; 138.100), 8.3 M$_s$  ; and also on that same day, another earthquake in Nankaidō (33°30′00″N 135°12′00″E﻿ / ﻿33.500°N 135.200°E﻿ / 33.500; 135.200), 7.5 M$_s$ .