Gengyo

Beginning and end of an era: ^{[4] [5] [1]}

• 16th day of the 4th moon of the 19th year of Jogan (according to the Julian calendar - June 1, 877);
• 21st day of the 2nd moon of the 9th year of Gengyo (according to the Julian calendar - March 11, 885).

The name Nengo was borrowed ^[4] :

• from the Book of Changes : 「元吉 在 上 、 大有 慶 也」 ^[4] ;
• from the 11th juan " Wenxuan ": 「是 以其 安 也 、 則 黎 元 与之 同慶 、 及其 危 也」 ^[4] .

• January 20, 877 (3rd day of the 1st moon of the 1st year of Gengyo) - Emperor Yozei ascended the throne at the age of 8 years. For the young ruler, the construction of a new residence was launched ^[6] ;
• 877 (2nd moon of the 1st year of Gengyo) - ambassadors from Korea arrived in Izumo province , but soon returned;
• 877 year (6th moon of the 1st year of Gengyo) - there was a great drought, people in Ise province made sacrifices in the shrines of Hachiman, Kamo and others - and finally it started to rain ^[6] ;
• 878 year (2nd year of Gengyo) - the daijo tenno Seiwa became a Buddhist priest under the name Sosin ^[7] ;
• December 31, 878 (4th day of the 12th moon of the 2nd year of Gengyo) - Seiwa died at the age of 31 ^[8] ;
• 879 year (3rd year of Gengyo) - the compilation of the “Real Records of the Acts of the Japanese Emperor Montoku” ( Japanese 日本 文 徳 天皇 実 録 ) was completed ;
• 883 (Gengyo's 7th year) - Fujiwara no Mototsune's campaign makes unsuccessful attempts to reason with the young emperor who indulged in cruelties: he executed the criminals himself, became furious and clutched his sword if someone tried to contradict him. I must say that even in early adolescence the heir to the throne mocked animals: he enjoyed the sight of eating snakes of frogs, which he himself brought to them, poisoned monkeys with dogs, etc. ^[9] ;
• 884 year (8th year of Gengyo) - the emperor’s frenzy continued without weakening. Fujiwara no Mototsune learned of another of his tricks: the emperor ordered several men to climb a tree, and others ordered them to throw them with spears to death. This incident finally convinced Fujiwara of the incapacity of the emperor, and he devised a strategy to overthrow him. Mototsune invited Youjo to attend the horse races, and he happily agreed. Entertainment was scheduled for the 4th day of the 2nd moon of the 8th year of Gengyo ^[10] ;
• March 4, 884 (4th day of the 2nd moon of the 8th year of Gengyo) - under the pretext of horse racing, the emperor was forced to leave his palace. Youjo took the crew, which was quickly surrounded by armed men and ordered to go in a different direction. Fujiwara-no Mototsune announced to Yojei the overthrow of him, explaining this with the king’s frenzy. Yozdei sobbed, which caused a feeling of compassion among those who witnessed his repentance ^[10] . The throne passed to the third son of Emperor Nimmyo , who was then 55 years old;
• March 23, 884 (the 23rd day of the 2nd moon of the 8th year of Gengyo) - the accession of the new emperor Koko ;

The table below shows the correspondence of Japanese traditional and European chronology. The name of the corresponding year from the 60-year cycle of the Chinese gan-chi system is indicated in parentheses to the year number of the Japanese era. The Japanese months are traditionally called moons .

^{* An} asterisk indicates short months (moons) of 29 days. The remaining months last 30 days.

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