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The Japanese era name (Japanese: 元号, Hepburn: gengō, "era name") or nengō (年号, year name), is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being "gan ( 元 ) ") meaning "origin, basis", followed ...
This changed the global world order. Japan became the main Asian power. 1910: 22 August: Japan–Korea Treaty completes the annexation of the Korean Empire. December: Japanese Antarctic Expedition starts. 1912: 30 July: Emperor Meiji died of kidney failure and ulcerative colitis at the age of 59.
This is a list of years in Japan. See also the timeline of Japanese history . For only articles about years in Japan that have been written, see Category:Years in Japan .
Pages in category "Japanese eras" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 267 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Japanese Chronological Tables: Showing the Date, According to the Julian or Gregorian Calendar, of the First Day of Each Japanese Month, from Tai-kwa 1st year to Mei-ji 6th year (645 AD to 1873 AD): with an Introductory Essay on Japanese Chronology and Calendars. Tokyo: Seishi Bunsha. OCLC 35728014; Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979).
After that, Japan calculated its calendar using various Chinese calendar procedures, and from 1685, using Japanese variations of the Chinese procedures. [3] [4] Its sexagenary cycle was often used together with era names, as in the 1729 Ise calendar shown above, which is for "the 14th year of Kyōhō, tsuchi-no-to no tori", i.e., 己酉.
Japanese Chronological Tables: Showing the Date, According to the Julian or Gregorian Calendar, of the First Day of Each Japanese Month, from Tai-kwa 1st year to Mei-ji 6th year (645 to 1873): with an Introductory Essay on Japanese Chronology and Calendars. Tokyo: Seishi Bunsha. OCLC 35728014; Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979).
Japanese Chronological Tables: Showing the Date, According to the Julian or Gregorian Calendar, of the First Day of Each Japanese Month, from Tai-kwa 1st year to Mei-ji 6th year (645 AD to 1873 AD): with an Introductory Essay on Japanese Chronology and Calendars. Tokyo: Seishi Bunsha. OCLC 35728014; Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979).