Jōgen (Heian period)

This article is about the Japanese era name Jōgen occurring during the Heian period. For other uses, see Jōgen.

Jōgen (貞元) was a Japanese era (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Ten'en and before Tengen. This period spanned the years from July 976 through November 978.[1] The reigning emperor was En'yū-tennō (円融天皇).[2]

Change of era

Events of the Jōgen era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Jōgen" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 429, p. 429, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 144–146; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 299–300; Varely, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 191–192.
  3. Brown, p. 300.
  4. Titsingh, p. 145.
  5. Titsingh, p. 146.

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Preceded by
Ten'en
Era or nengō
Jōgen

976–978
Succeeded by
Tengen
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