Hōki (era)

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Hōki ( Japanese 宝 亀 ) is a Japanese era ( Nengō ) from October 770 to January 781 according to the Gregorian calendar . The previous era name is Jingo-Keiun , the following era is called Ten'ō . The era falls during the reign of the emperor ( Tennō ) Kōnin , not to be confused with the eponymous era designation.

The first day of the Hōki era corresponds to October 23, 770, the last day was January 29, 781. The Hōki era lasted 12 years or 3752 days.

Events

  • 770 the Hōki era begins with the inauguration of Emperor Kōnin on October 23 (the Julian date corresponds to October 1 of the Jingo-Keiun era)
  • 771 A delegation from the Balhae Empire reaches the province of Dewa
  • 780 Hōki riots ( 宝 亀 の 乱 , Hōki no ran )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Reinhard Zöllner: Japanese calendar. A manual . iudicium, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-89129-783-1 , p. 22, 100 .
Hōki 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12
greg. 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781
Previously:
Jingo-Keiun 		Nengō :
Hōki 		Hereinafter :
Ten'ō