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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 ...
Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames (姓, sei), [1] as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced differently. [ 2 ]
From the late ancient era onward, the family name (Myōji/苗字 or 名字) had been commonly used by samurai to denote their family line instead of the name of the ancient clan that the family line belongs to (uji-na/氏名 or honsei/本姓), which was used only in the official records in the Imperial court.
Meireki (明暦) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, "year name") of the Edo period, after the Jōō era and before Manji era. This era's period spanned the years from April 1655 to July 1658. [1] The reigning emperor was Go-Sai-tennō (後西院天皇). [2]
This category was created for Edo given names. Pages in category "Edo given names" This category contains only the following page.
This category was created for Edo names. Pages in category "Edo names" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Jōō (承応), alternatively romanized as Jō-ō or Shōō, was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, "year name") after Keian and before Meireki. This period spanned the years from September 1652 through April 1655. [1] The reigning emperors were Go-Kōmyō-tennō (後光明天皇) and Go-Sai-tennō (後西天皇). [2]
1658 Manji gannen (万治元年): The era name was changed to mark a disastrous, great fire in Edo. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Meireki 4, on the 23rd day of the 7th month. The source of this era name comes from the Records of the Grand Historian: "When the common people know their place, then all under heaven is ruled ...