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Ch?roku ( 長? ) was a Japanese era name ( 年? , neng? , lit. "year name") after K?sh? and before Kansh? . This period spanned the years from September 1457 through December 1460. ^[1] The reigning emperor was Go-Hanazono -tenn? ( 後花園天皇 ) . ^[2]

Change of era [ edit ]

• 1457 Ch?roku gannen ( 長?元年 ) : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended and a new one commenced in K?sh? 3.

Events of the Ch?roku era [ edit ]

• 1457 ( Ch?roku 1' ): Tar? Sayemon attempted to retrieve the Sacred Jewel for Emperor Go-Hanazono; and he actually did manage to gain possession of it for a brief time. A counterattack prevented the success of this dangerous mission in Yoshino . ^[3] In 1443 ( Kakitsu 3, 23rd day of the 9th month ), an armed group of rebels penetrated the palace defenses. A fire was started and one of the men sought to kill Emperor Go-Hanazono, but the emperor escaped. However, the intruders managed to steal the Sacred Treasures – the mirror, the sword and the jewel. Later, a guard found the mirror and a priest found the sword, but the location of the jewel was not known until the 8th month of Bunnan gannen. ^[4]
• 1458 ( Ch?roku 2, 8th month ): The Sacred Jewel is retrieved from the former Southern Court. It is returned to Kyoto to join the other Sacred Treasures which comprise the Imperial Regalia of Japan . ^[5]
• 1459 ( Ch?roku 3 ): Sh?gun Ashikaga Yoshimasa provided a new mikoshi and a complete set of robes and other accouterments for this festival on the occasion of repairs to the Atsuta Shrine in the 1457-1459 ( Ch?roku 1-3 ). ^[6]

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References [ edit ]

• Nussbaum, Louis Frederic and Kathe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press . ISBN   978-0-674-01753-5 ; OCLC 48943301
• Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon . (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887
• ____________. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 3994492
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran ; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691 .

External links [ edit ]

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