Suiko period

The Suiko period  was an era of 25 years during the Asuka period of Japanese history.National Diet Library (NDL), "Calendar history/The Source"; NengoCalc,  "(596) 推古 Suiko" ; online conversion of Japanese dates into their Western equivalents based on tables from Paul Tuschihashi and Reinhard Zöllner; retrieved 2012-11-14.  This period overlaps all but 7 years of Empress Suiko's reign (604-628) or it is used as a synonym for her reign (593-628).Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Suiko Tennō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 910.

Calendar
The  adoption of the sexegenary cycle calendar (Jikkan Jūnishi) was a significant event in the reign of Empress Suiko.Nussbaum, "Jikkan Jūnishi," Japan Encyclopedia, p. 420.  This pre-dates the system of  which was started in 645.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 48.

Events of the Suiko period
 604:  In the 12th year of Suiko's reign, Japan organized its earliest Imperial calendar, also known as the "Suiko period".
 628: In the 35th year of Suiko, the empress abdicated; and the period ended.

Related pages
 Regnal name
 List of Japanese eras

Notes

References
 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005).  Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ;  OCLC 58053128
 Titsingh, Isaac. (1834).  Annales des empereurs du Japon (Nihon Odai Ichiran).  Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
 Tsuchihashi, Paul, S.J. (1952). .  Tokyo: Sophia University. OCLC 001291275
 Zöllner, Reinhard. (2003). Japanische Zeitrechnung: ein Handbuch Munich: Iudicium Verlag. ;  OCLC 249297777

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

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Preceded by:——593-604Imperial reign:Suiko period604–628Succeeded by:Jomei period629-641

Category:Japanese eras