Mayo (Nengo)

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

• The 19th day of the 7th moon of the 4th year of Entoku (according to the Julian calendar - August 12, 1492);
• 29th day of the 2nd moon of May 10th Mayo (according to the Julian calendar - March 18, 1501).

The name Nengo was borrowed:

• from the 10th juan " Wenxuani ": 「徳 行 修明 、 皆 応 受 多 福 、 保 中 又 子孫」 ^[4] ;
• from the 14th chapter of “Yes” ( Chinese 大ит ) of the Book of Changes : 「其 徳 剛健 而 文明 、 応 乎 天 而 時 行」 ^{[4] [6]} .

Julian calendar dates

• 1492 (8th moon of Mayo 1st year) - the shogun Asikaga Yoshimura led troops against Takayori in Omi province and besieged the Mii-dera monastery; Takayori fled in the mountains of Koka, and Yoshimura returned to the capital of Kyoto ^[7] ;
• 1492 - 1500 years (2nd – 9th years of Mayo) - on the orders of daimyo Ouchi, who owned the provinces of Suo , Nagato , Buzen and Tikuzen , a code of laws “Outishi Kabegaki” was compiled ^[8] ;
• 1493 (Mayo 2nd year) - on the orders of the daimyo Sagar Tametsugu, who owned three counties in the Higo province, a code of laws “Sagarashi Hatto” was compiled ^[8] ;
• 1493 (1st moon of Mayo’s 2nd year) - the Ichijo Fuyoyoshi campaign was named the daijo-daijin ^[7] ;
• 1493 (2nd moon of Mayo’s 2nd year) - an army led by Asikaga Yoshimura and Hatakeyama Masanaga advanced to Kawachi province to capture and execute Hatakeyama Toshitoyo , the son of Asikaga Yoshinari ^[7] ;
• September 12, 1495 (the 24th day of the 8th moon of the 4th year of Mayo) - earthquake in Kamakura ( ) , magnitude 7.1 ^[9] ;
• July 9, 1498 (20th day of the 6th moon of Mayo’s 7th year) - earthquake in the Ensunade Sea ( ) 6.4 points on the Richter scale ^[9] ;
• September 11, 1498 (the 25th day of the 8th moon of the 7th year of Mayo) - earthquake in the Ensunade Sea ( ) 8.6 points on the Richter scale; on the same day, another earthquake occurred in Nankaido ( ) at 7.5 on the Richter scale ^[9] ;
• 1500 year (Mayo 9th year) - in connection with the death of Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado, the emperor Go-Kashiwabara ascended the throne.

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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