Reiki (era)

Reiki (霊亀) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Wadō and before Yōrō. This period spanned the years from September 715 through November 717.[1] The reigning empress was Genshō-tennō (元正天皇).[2]

Change of era

Events of the Reiki era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Reiki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 785, p. 785, 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. 65-67; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 271-272; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 140-141.
  3. Brown, p. 272.
  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.

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Preceded by
Wadō
Era or nengō
Reiki

715–717
Succeeded by
Yōrō
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