# Wood Rat

Sexagenary cycle :
| 1 Wood Rat | 2 Wood Ox [ja] | 3 Fire Tiger [ja] | 4 Fire Rabbit [ja] | 5 Earth Dragon | 6 Earth Snake [ja] |
| 7 Metal Horse [ja] | 8 Metal Goat [ja] | 9 Water Monkey [ja] | 10 Water Rooster [ja] | 11 Wood Dog [ja] | 12 Wood Pig [ja] |
| 13 Fire Rat [ja] | 14 Fire Ox [ja] | 15 Earth Tiger [ja] | 16 Earth Rabbit [ja] | 17 Metal Dragon [ja] | 18 Metal Snake [ja] |
| 19 Water Horse [ja] | 20 Water Goat [ja] | 21 Wood Monkey [ja] | 22 Wood Rooster [ja] | 23 Fire Dog [ja] | 24 Fire Pig [ja] |
| 25 Earth Rat [ja] | 26 Earth Ox [ja] | 27 Metal Tiger [ja] | 28 Metal Rabbit [ja] | 29 Water Dragon [ja] | 30 Water Snake [ja] |
| 31 Wood Horse [ja] | 32 Wood Goat [ja] | 33 Fire Monkey [ja] | 34 Fire Rooster [ja] | 35 Earth Dog [ja] | 36 Earth Pig [ja] |
| 37 Metal Rat [ja] | 38 Metal Ox [ja] | 39 Water Tiger [ja] | 40 Water Rabbit [ja] | 41 Wood Dragon [ja] | 42 Wood Snake [ja] |
| 43 Fire Horse | 44 Fire Goat [ja] | 45 Earth Monkey [ja] | 46 Earth Rooster [ja] | 47 Metal Dog [ja] | 48 Metal Pig [ja] |
| 49 Water Rat [ja] | 50 Water Ox [ja] | 51 Wood Tiger [ja] | 52 Wood Rabbit [ja] | 53 Fire Dragon [ja] | 54 Fire Snake [ja] |
| 55 Earth Horse [ja] | 56 Earth Goat [ja] | 57 Metal Monkey | 58 Metal Rooster | 59 Water Dog [ja] | 60 Water Pig [ja] |
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Wood Rat is the first combination of the sexagenary cycle of the Chinese zodiac.

## Western calendar years

A year of the Wood Rat occurs every 60 years, in a year that ends in 4, according to the following table:
Associated years :
| 1st millennium | 2nd millennium | 3rd millennium | 4th millennium |
| 4 64 124 184 244 304 364 424 484 544 604 664 724 784 844 904 964 | 1024 1084 1144 1204 1264 1324 1384 1444 1504 1564 1624 1684 1744 1804 1864 1924 1984 | 2044 2104 2164 2224 2284 2344 2404 2464 2524 2584 2644 2704 2764 2824 2884 2944 | 3004 3064 3124 3184 3244 3304 3364 |

### Overview

It was four years after the year of the Metal Rooster, the year of the Revolution of the Dynasty changeover, and was considered the year of the revolutionary decree, or the year of many upheavals, when the Tian will is renewed and heavenly commands are given to those who possess virtue (Kōji kaihatsu'). In order to prevent this, the new year has often been held in this year since the Heian period in Japan. Since the Koshi Reform of 1024, the only year prior to the Meiji era (when the reign of the first emperor was abolished with the decree of Issei Ichigen) in which there was no Koshi Reform was in Eiroku 7 (1564).
Emperor Emperor Kanmu was also the son of Tenchi, who ascended to the throne after the Tenmu lineage was severed by the murder of his half-brother Otomo, a prince of the Tenchi line. Emperor Kōnin, and it is said that he moved the capital to Nagaoka-kyo in 784, the year of the Revolution, because he was strongly aware of the change of royal line.
The Yellow Turban Rebellion, which occurred in 184, the last days of the Later Han Dynasty in China and determined the dissolution of the Han Dynasty, was described as "the 蒼天已死 黄天當立 歳在甲子 天下大吉" ("Book of the Later Han|The Later Han Dynasty"). Volume 71: Huangfu Song, Zhu Shiyi, Biography 61 Huang Fu Bulk biography)". The slogan was.
A hot spring discovered in Mutsu (now Fukushima Prefecture) in Nanboku-chō period in 1384 was named Koshi Onsen (甲子温泉) in honor of the year Koshi.
Ito Daizo (大藏) changed his name to Ito Koshi-taro (Kashitaro/Kinetaro) in honor of the first year of Genji (1864), the year of the Koshi.
The baseball stadium built in Taisho 13 (1924) in Hyōgo Prefecture Nishinomiya City was named "Koshien Grand Sports Ground" (now Hanshin Koshien Stadium) after the Chinese zodiac of that year. It is also the name of a place in the city. This year also marks the origin of the name of the Tokyo Kosha Company.