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  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Japanese era   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Showa is the longest era as of 2003.
Historically however, prior to the Meiji Restoration, era names were changed on many different occasions such as celebration, major political incidents, natural disasters, and so on, but the emperors posthumous name never took the name of an era.
Incidently, on modern official papers, those who were born prior to the Meiji era did not write the era name in which they born, but wrote Edo period (though now no one born over 130 years ago in that time period is still alive now).
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ja/Japanese_era?title=Kyouhou   (431 words)

  
 Morning Glories Database : Old pictures in the Edo era (1603-1868)
Asagao, the morning glory, is thought to have been brought over from China as a Chinese medicine during the Nara era (710-784).
In the Edo era (1615-1868), the morning glory became loved broadly as a flower of the common people of Japan, and it appears in haiku, joururi (a kind of musical narrative), kabuki, and so on.
In this period, new variants such as rangiku (polymorphic), rinpuu (brown) and swallow (miniature) appeared, and the main trend in cultivation was to combine many already-existing mutants with the botan flower, which is a kind of double flower consisting of petalled stamens and pistils.
protist.i.hosei.ac.jp /Asagao/Yoneda_DB/E/species/kozufu.html   (653 words)

  
  Japanese era name   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
To call the current emperor by the current era name Heisei even in English would be a faux pas as it is and will be his posthumous name.
Historically however, prior to the Meiji Restoration, era names were changed on many different occasions such as celebration, major political incidents, natural disasters, and so on, but the emperors posthumous name never took the name of an era.
Incidentally, on modern official papers, those who were born prior to the Meiji era did not write the era name in which they born, but wrote Edo period (though now no one born over 130 years ago in that time period is still alive now).
www.encyclopedia-1.com /j/ja/japanese_era_name.html   (475 words)

  
 Japanese era name - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Upon his death, an emperor is thereafter referred to with the name of the era marked by their reign.
Historically, prior to the Meiji Restoration, era names were changed on many different occasions including celebrations, major political incidents, and natural disasters, but emperors never posthumously took the name of an era.
Incidentally, on modern official papers, those born prior to the Meiji period wrote not the era name in which they were born, but Edo period (No one born in that time period, over 130 years ago, is alive now).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_era_name   (602 words)

  
 History of Art:The Art of Asia
Against the background of life in the expanding city of Edo, the kabuki of the Genroku era saw the appearance of the specific role of the aragoto as the antithesis of the elegant courtly culture of Kyoto.
The Kansei era (1789-1801), which followed the Tenmei, is regarded as the period when the art of woodblock printing reached its zenith.
The Tenmei and Kansei eras were the heyday of bourgeois culture; under the influence of the Kansei reforms, however, decay began to set in.
www.all-art.org /history330-5.html   (6959 words)

  
 Era   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
An ERA above 5.00 is generally considered below-average, and a pitcher with an ERA above 6.00 for a prolonged period of time is usually in danger of losing his job.
Era is also popularly used to denote the passing of shorter periods, such as the Big Band era, Disco era.
In a calendar, the era is the date from which years in the calendar are counted.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /er/era.html   (4395 words)

  
 Years - Sljfaq
Recent eras correspond to the reigns of emperors.
Previous eras do not correspond to reigns of emperors but to what were decided to be `auspicious events'.
In old China (Korea and Japan), the name of era was changed for many reasons; enthronement, war, plague, eclipse etc. Japan did not adopt Chinese nengo, but invented her own ones.
www.sljfaq.org /w/Years   (1020 words)

  
 Kaei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kaei (嘉永) was a Japanese era after Kōka and before Ansei and spanned from February 28 (?), 1848 to November 27 (?), 1854.
To commemorate the start of the reign of Kōmei, on February 28 (?), Kōka 5 (1848), the era was changed to Kaei (roughly "Eternal esteem"?)
Kaei 6 (1853) - Commodore Perry, leading America's East Indies fleet, arrives, June 3, with four ships
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kaei   (152 words)

  
 Kaei [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Kaei (嘉永) was a Japanese eraJapanese era name (年号, nengō, lit.
KōkaKōka (弘化) was a Japanese era after Tempō and before Kaei and spanned from December 2 (?), 1844 to February 28 (?), 1848.
AnseiAnsei (安政) was a Japanese era after Kaei and before Man'en and spanned from November 27 (?), 1854 to March 18 (?), 1860.
www.wikimirror.com /Kaei   (668 words)

  
 Japanese era name   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Showa is the longest era as of 2003.
In the Japanese language, the current emperor on the throne is almost always referred to as Ten'no Heika or rarely and less formally as Kin'jyou Ten'no and even more rarely, if ever by his name Akihito.
Also, his father the 124th emperor is called Hirohito throughout the world, but is always called the Showa Emperor in Japan.
www.theezine.net /j/japanese-era-name.html   (424 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
To call the current emperor by the current era name ''Heisei'', even in English, would be a Faux pas faux pas, as it is and will be his posthumous name.
Because the emperor from meiji to now are not called by their given name, they are usually called the name of era when they regine such as Showa.
Basically an era name is not associated to the name of emperor aside from recent ones.
www.mauspfeil.net /Japanese_era%20name.html   (1392 words)

  
 Fuzoku Sanjuniso
18 - Undecided: The Appearance of a Proprietress of the Kaei Era (1848-1854)
19 - Expectant: The Appearance of a Fireman's Wife of the Kaei Era (1848-1854)
21 - Eager: The Appearance of a Courtesan of the Kaei Era (1848-1854)
www.artelino.com /articles/fuzoku_sanjuniso_3.asp   (355 words)

  
 OsakaPrints.com (Glossary)
Kyôka were not "crazy verse" in the sense of wild expressiveness, but rather were unorthodox by virtue of their breaking the classical rules of diction and subject matter used in conventional waka.
The dates are sometimes given as IX/8/1868–VII/30/1912, beginning with the official era name change to Meiji and ending with the day of the Emperor Meiji's death.
The term was first applied to describe kabuki dance around the Genroku era (1688-1703), with the first known instance in 1687.
www.osakaprints.com /content/information/glossary.htm   (8846 words)

  
 KUSAKABE FOLK MUSEUM-History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Takayama used to be the castle town which General Nagachika Kanamori built on behalf of his master at the end of the Sengoku era when Hideyosi Toyotomi ruled Japan.
In the fifth year of the Genroku era(1692 A.D.), however, Hida district came under the direct control of Tokugawa government, and almost all samurai left Takayama.
In the forty-first year of Showa (1966 AD), the Kusakabe house was designated as a national important cultural asset, because it is a prime example of Meiji era architecture.
www.kusakabe-mingeikan.com /english/history.htm   (252 words)

  
 The Significance of Baptism in Estonian Folk Belief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The same should be done when there are mostly daughters and they want to have a son, the third daughter should be given her mother's name.
And yet, the 3rd daughter was again called Manka, and she is alive (ERA II 42, 473 (62)).
It has occurred in a few cases that before dying a bowl of water and a towel have been placed on the window, and namely for the soul of the dying person.
haldjas.folklore.ee /folklore/vol5/ylorist1.htm   (8787 words)

  
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Came to Yamanaka in the Tempo Era, and strove to incorporate the techniques of Aizu lacquer into Yamanaka lacquerware with Rokuemon Echizen'ya.
He contributed to the improvement of Yamanaka lacquerware by introducing refinement techniques of liquid lacquer, the proportioning of color coats, and a rotary drying bath shelf.
There were other famous lacquerers including Saburoemon Izukuraya (around the Bunka Era), Yaemon Mikuniya (around the Kaei Era), Jinshichi Kosaka, Yoshitaro Wada, Eizaburo Tsuchiyama, Yoshiro Nagaya, Yujo Goto, and Shinji Tanimura (Meiji and Taisho Eras).
shofu.pref.ishikawa.jp /shofu/yamanaka/yamanaka2000hp_e/jinbutu_e/jinbutsu.htm   (794 words)

  
 The Ultimate Kaei - American History Information Guide and Reference
Kaei (嘉永) was a Japanese era after Kōka and before Ansei and spanned from February 28 (?), 1848 to November 27 (?), 1854.
To commemorate the start of the reign of Kōmei, on February 28 (?), Kōka 5 (1848), the era was changed to Kaei (roughly "Eternal esteem"?)
Kaie 7 (1854) - Having temporarily left, Perry returns to Edo Bay to conclude the Treaty of Kanagawa
www.historymania.com /american_history/Kaei   (126 words)

  
 Morning Glories Database : Old picture book : Asagao 36 kasen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The second boom of cultivation in the varied morning glory occurred during the Kaei/Ansei era.
In this boom, very complicated flowers of high horticultural value were produced by combining the botan double flower with various kinds of varied morning glory.
Let's look at some flowers in "Asagao 36 kasen" (Kaei 7, 1854), which featured 36 superior flowers of the time and was named after 36 famous tanka poets.
taxa.soken.ac.jp /Asagao/E/slides/slide068-079b.html   (130 words)

  
 The Significance of Baptism in Estonian Folk Belief
The same should be done when there are mostly daughters and they want to have a son, the third daughter should be given her mother's name.
And yet, the 3rd daughter was again called Manka, and she is alive (ERA II 42, 473 (62)).
It has occurred in a few cases that before dying a bowl of water and a towel have been placed on the window, and namely for the soul of the dying person.
folklore.ee /folklore/vol5/ylorist1.htm   (8787 words)

  
 L'Asie Exotique - Japanese Andon (Lantern) Plates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
But by the Taisho to early Showa era (1910-30) people had already stopped using them, Yanagi Sôetsu who is well-known for his Mingei (folkcraft) movement, recognized their value as craftworks, and people began to collect them.
Kagaku-shû in the Bun'an era (1444-49) and Kamakura Nenjû Gyôji ('Kamakura annual events') in the Kyôtoku era (1452-55) say that andon were used together with pine torches and hanging lanterns for processions outside.
They differ from Mino Oribe wares in the Momoyama era (16th c.), but after the decline of Mino Oribe, the style revived in Seto in the Ten'mei era (1781-89).
www.lasieexotique.com /mag_andon_plates.html   (2320 words)

  
 Japanese calendar
The Gregorian calendar has been used in Japan since 1 January 1873, but the names of the months are numbers, and the years are numbered in terms of eras which begin with the accession of each emperor.
These era names are referred to as nengō.
To convert a Japanese year to a Western year, find the year in the common era of the first year of the nengō from a table like the one above, subtract 1, and add the number of the Japanese year.
www.sizes.com /time/cal_japan.htm   (493 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
'''Kaei''' (嘉永) was a Japanese era name Japanese era after Koka Kōka and before Ansei and spanned from February 28 (?), 1848 to November 27 (?), 1854.
The reigning emperor was Emperor Komei of Japan Kōmei.
There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Kaei.
www.mauspfeil.net /Kaei.html   (186 words)

  
 Ansei information - Search.com
Ansei (安政) was a Japanese era after Kaei and before Man'en and spanned from November 27 (?), 1854 to March 18 (?), 1860.
Due to the disasters of a fire at the Imperial Palace, earthquakes, and the arrival of the Black Ships (Commodore Matthew Perry's ships), the era was changed to Ansei (roughly "Quiet/peaceful Government")
The Ansei Purge took place in 5th (1858) and 6th (1859) year of Ansei era.
domainhelp.search.com /reference/Ansei   (172 words)

  
 DateTime::Calendar::Japanese::Era - DateTime Extension for Japanese Eras
In modern days (since the Meiji era) eras can only be renewed when a new emperor succeeds his predecessor.
Until then new eras were proclaimed for various reasons, including the succession of the shogunate during the Tokugawa shogunate.
Returns the era associated with the given era id. The IDs are provided by DateTime::Calendar::Japanese::Era as constants.
cpan.uwinnipeg.ca /htdocs/DateTime-Calendar-Japanese-Era/DateTime/Calendar/Japanese/Era.html   (217 words)

  
 Regarding the Private School Shoka-Sonjuku   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Later a ten-and-a-half-mat room was added to the house in March in the 5th year of the Ansei era(1858) because the pupils outgrew the eight-mat room.
At the age of twenty-nine Master Shoin was authorized to instruct kagaku(the Yamaga school of military arts)by the feudal lord on July 20th in the 5th year of Ansei, and in December he was implicated in the " Mass Execution of the Ansei Era", consequently being thrown into prison.
Theae five months from July up to December were the essential period that Master Shoin received public recongnition both in name and reality.
www.shoinjinja.org /english/contents/Shoka-Sonjuku.htm   (337 words)

  
 Japan Etcetera - History of Kimekomi Ningyô
About 250 years ago, during the Genbun Era, there was a man called Tadashige Takahashi who served in the Kamigamo Shrine in Kyoto, Japan.
The faithful adherence to this technique was passed on from his son to his grandson Daihachirô, who was greatly active in this field, (especially from the Bunsei to the Kaei Era) and perfected the technique, becoming known as the Master of Kimekomi Ningyô.
On entering the Meiji Era, The Tokyo Doll Master, Eikichi Yoshino, thinking to revive the orthodox school of Kimekomi doll, aquired and brought back the technique from Kyoto.
members.tripod.com /~futaba/kkhist.htm   (491 words)

  
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The killers were identified as roushis (wandering samurais ^_^) from the Mito Han, as a retaliation for the terror Naosuke inflicted upon people with the "Ansei no Taigoku" and for Naosuke letting foreigners in.
In September,1865 (First year of Keiou Era), a fleet of four countries (USA, England, France and Netherlands) docked in Osaka bay, demanding the opening of the Osaka port, the recognition by the Emperor of the trade treaty signed with the Bakufu and lower custom taxes.
That was the so-called "Taisei Houkan" and in the Third Year of the Keiou Era (1867) began a new government based on the Meiji Emperor, in what was called "Ousei Fukko" on December 9th, 1867.
www.nabiki.com /nichan/archive/Authors/SerizawaKamo/bakumatsu.txt   (3153 words)

  
 Dutch influence on the reception and development of western-style expression in early modern Japan - 64th IFLA General ...
Kaitai shinsho's volume of illustrations was wood block prints and the drafts of prints were produced by using menso-fude, a fine brush used for painting details, to trace the copperplate etchings of the original text.
The well-spring of Akita ranga seemed to have suddenly appeared then disappeared during the Edo era, however, recent researches show that it had surprisingly broad lower reaches.
Yuichi wrote, "During the Kaei era (1848-54) a friend showed me a Western print that was so completely true to nature.
www.ifla.org /IV/ifla64/036-101e.htm   (3136 words)

  
 Untitled Document
It is this era as well that witnessed the creation of ukiyo-e, "pictures of the floating world," the splendid genre painting of the urban bourgeoisie.
It is remarkable how this near tidal wave of hedonism could have ushered in a cultural and artistic current of a strength equal to that of classical Japanese arts.
During the Kaei era (1848-1854), many foreign ships came to Japan.
www.ukiyoe-reproductions.com /html/history.html   (1573 words)

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