Keian

Keian (慶安) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Shōhō and before Jōō. This period started in February 1648 and ended in September 1652.^[1] During this time, the emperor was Go-Kōmyō-tennō (後光明天皇).^[2]

Events of the Keian era

Nihon Ōdai Ichiran was first published in the 5th year of Keian

• 1648 (Keian 1): Legal code about city life and business are established in Osaka^[3]

• 1649 (Keian 2): Five-storied pagoda at Sensō-ji (金龍山浅草寺, Kinryū-zan Sensō-ji) was built in Asakusa.^[4]

• 1649 (Keian 2): Legal code for peasants established by Tokugawa Iemitsu.^[5]

• 1 April 1649 (Keian 2, 20th day of the 2nd month): There was a major earthquake in Edo.^[6]

• 1651 (Keian 4): Plot to overthrow the Tokugawa, also known as the Keian Uprising.^[7]

• 1652 (Keian 5, 5th month): Nihon Odai Ichiran was published.^[8] The French version of this work was the first Japanese history book to be published in the West.

Related pages

• Edo period