Ōwa

was a  after Tentoku and before Kōhō.  This period started in February 961 and ended in July 964.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ōwa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 767.  The reigning emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 139-141; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 295-298; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 183-190.

Events of the Ōwa era
 961 (Ōwa 1, 11th month): Emperor Murakami moved to a new palace which had to be re-built after the fire of Tentoku 5 (960).Titsingh, p. 141.

 962 (Ōwa 2, 2nd month):  The emperor sent deputies to make offerings at number of Shinto shrines—at Ise, at Kamo, at Mizunoo, at Hirano, and at Kasuga.

 962 (Ōwa 2, 8th month): Fujiwara no Saneyori went to offer prayers at the Iwashimizu Shrine; and many from the Fujiwara clan followed his example.

Related pages
 Heian period

References

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

Ōwa1st2nd3rd4th  961  962  963   964 
Preceded by:TentokuEra or nengō:ŌwaSucceeded by:Kōhō

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