Hōreki

Hōreki (宝暦), also known as Horyaku,^[1] was a Lua error in Module:Nihongo at line 88: attempt to call field '_transl' (a nil value). after Kan'en and before Meiwa. The period started in October 1751 and ended in June 1764.^[2] During this time, the emperor and emperess were Momozono-tennō (桃園天皇)^[3] and Go-Sakuramachi-tennō (後桜町天皇).^[4]

The nengō Hōreki means "Valuable Calendar" or "Valuable Almanac".^[5] This time frame was created by Emperor Momozono in 1754.

Events of the Hōreki era

The previous era ended in 1751 (Kan'en 4, 27th day of the 10th month); however, this nengō was created years later. By Imperial command, the era was re-named on December 2, 1754, which then became 19th day of the 10th month of the 4th year of Hōreki.^[5]

• 1752 (Hōreki 2): An ambassador from the Ryūkyū Kingdom was received in Edo.^[6]

Grave of Takenaka Denroku who killed himself in the Hōreki era because of problems with the Kizo River flood control project

• 1754 (Hōreki 4): Shimazu clan was ordered to complete Kizo River flood control project^[7]
• 1755 (Hōreki 5): Calendar reform by Abe Yasukuni,^[8] Shibukawa Kōkyō^[9] and Nishiyama Seikyū is named Horiki Kojutsu Gen-reki (Hōryaku calendar)^[2]
• 1758 (Hōreki 8): Takenouchi Shikibu and others taught Confucianism and martial arts to the emperor in Kyoto.^[2]
• 1760 (Hōreki 10): Shogun Tokugawa Ieshige resigned and his son, Tokugawa Ieharu, became the 10th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.^[10]
• 1762 (Hōreki 12): Emperor Momozono abdicated; and the succession passed to his sister (senso). Soon after, Empress Go-Sakuramachi's role as monarch was confirmed by ceremonies (sokui).^[11]
• 31 August 1762 (Hōreki 12, 12th day of the 7th month): Former-Emperor Momozono died.^[12]
• 1763 (Hōreki 13): A merchant association handling Korean ginseng is founded in the Kanda district of Edo.^[13]
• 1764 (Hōreki 14): Sweet potatoes are exported from Edo to Korea. The food crop in Korea is the result of a diplomatic mission.^[14]

Related pages

• Edo period