Enkyō (Edo period)

was a  after Kanpō and before Kan'en.  This period started in February 1744 and ended in July 1748.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Enkyō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 179. During this time the, emperors were Nussbaum, "Sakuramachi Tennō," p. 814.  and .Nussbaum, "Momozono Tennō," p. 656; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834).  Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 417-418.

Events of Enkyō era
 1744 (Enkyō 1): Great comet was visible in sky for many months; this comet is now identified as C/1743 X1 (De Cheseaux).Zhuang, T. (1988). Acta Astronomica Sinica, v29:2, p. 208; Harvard-Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System; retrieved 2011-12-15.

 1745 (Enkyō 2): Tokugawa Ieshige became shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.Titsingh,  p. 418.

 1745 (Enkyō 2): First market fair in the capital region.

 1745 (Enkyō 2, 2nd month): A great fire sweeps through Edo.

 9 June 1747 (Enkyō 4, 21st day of the 4th month): Sakuramachi abdicated; and the succession passed to his son (senso).  Soon after, Emperor Momozono's role as monarch was confirmed by ceremonies (sokui).Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999).  Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit, pp. 47; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 44; a distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō,  Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami. Compare Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō),  Ceremony of Accession (Sokui-no-Rei); retrieved 2012-6-30.

Related pages 
 Edo period
 Enkyō (Kamakura period), 1308-1311

Notes

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

Enkyō1st2nd3rd4th5th  1744  1745  1746  1747  1748
Preceded by:KanpōEra or nengō:EnkyōSucceeded by:Kan'en

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