Keiun

Keiun (慶雲), also known as Kyōun, was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") following Taihō and preceding Wadō. The period spanned the years from May 704 through January 708.[1] The reigning emperors were Mommu-tennō (文武天皇) and Gemmei-tennō (元明天皇).[2]

Change of era

Events of the Keiun era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Keiun" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 506, p. 506, 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. 60-63; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 270-271; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 137-140.
  3. 1 2 Brown, p. 271.
  4. Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 44; a distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami.
  5. 1 2 Titsingh, p. 63.

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Preceded by
Taihō
Era or nengō
Keiun

704–708
Succeeded by
Wadō
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