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Jian (era)

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645–650
  
Taika

686–686
  
Shuchō

704–708
  
Keiun

650–654
  
Hakuchi

701–704
  
Taihō

708–715
  
Wadō

Jian (era)

Jian (治安) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name"), also known as Chi'an, after Kannin and before Manju. This period spanned the years from February 1021 through July 1024. The reigning emperor was Go-Ichijō-tennō (後一条天皇).

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Change of Era

  • 1021 Jian gannen (治安元年): The era name was changed to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Kannin 5, on the 2nd day of the 2nd month of 1021.

    • Events of the Jian era

  • 1023 (Jian 3, 4th month): An epidemic in Kyoto was so severe that there were corpses in the streets; disease spread throughout the country.
  • 1023 (Jian 3, 10th month): Fujiwara no Michinaga visits Mt. Koya.
  • December 29, 1023 (Jian 3, 14th day of the 11th month): a lunar eclipse.

    • References

    Jian (era) Wikipedia
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