Gihō calendar

, also known as Yi-feng li or Rentoku-reki, was a Japanese lunisolar calendar (genka reki).Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Calendar" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 98-99; Bramsen, William. (1880). Japanese chronological tables, p. 25.

History
The calendar was created in China.  It was first used in the Rintoku era during the Tang Dynasty..Clement, Ernest W. (1902). "Japanese Calendars," in  Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vol. 30-31,  pp. 1-82, 72.

The  Gihō-reki system was brought from Korea to Japan in Yi-feng era (676-678) of the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang.  This calendar corrected errors in the Yuan-jia li (Genka calendar) which was developed in China.Pak, Song-nae. (2005). Science and technology in Korean history, p. 46.  For a short time, both Genka and Gihō calendars were in use.Japan, Monbushō. (1876).  An outline history of Japanese education: prepared for the Philadelphia International Exhibition, 1876, p. 160.

Related pages
 Japanese calendar
 Sexagenary cycle
 Genka calendar
 Taien calendar
 Goki calendar
 Semmyō calendar

References


Other websites
 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar"

Category:Calendars