Gann

Beginning and end of an era: ^{[5] [6] [2]}

• 13th day of the 7th moon of the 20th year of Keicho (according to the Gregorian calendar - September 5, 1615);
• 30th day of the 2nd moon of the 10th year of Gann (according to the Gregorian calendar - April 17, 1624).

Nengo is an adapted version of the reign of the Chinese emperor Xian-zong 's reign “Yuan-he” ( Chinese 元 和 , pinyin : Yuán hé , literally: “original harmony”) ^[5] .

• 1st year of Gann ( 1615 ):
  • Tokugawa Ieyasu and his son, the Hidetada shogun, moved again to Osaka Castle , captured him and burned him; however Toyotomi Hideyori managed to escape to Satsuma , where he prepared the shelter in advance ^[7] ;
  • 9th day of the 7th moon ( September 1, 1615 ) - Ieyasu destroyed the Hokoku-jinja temple ^[8] ;
• 2nd year of Gann ( 1616 ):
  • 17th day of the 4th moon ( June 1, 1616 ) - Ieyasu died in the province of Suruga ^[7] ;
• 3rd year of Gann ( 1617 ):
  • 26th day of the 8th moon ( September 25, 1617 ) - the former emperor Go-Yozei passed away; he was buried in Nikko ^[7] ;
• 4th year of Gann ( 1617 ):
  • 8th moon - a comet was seen in the sky ^[7] ;
• 6th year of Gann ( 1620 ):
  • The 30th day of the 2nd moon ( April 2, 1620 ) and the 4th day of the 3rd moon ( April 6, 1620 ) - large fires in Miyako ^[7] ;
  • 6th day of the 6th moon ( July 5, 1620 ) - the emperor married Tokugawa Kazuko, daughter of the shogun Hidetada ^[9] ;
• The 9th year of Gann ( 1623 ):
  • 12th day of the 8th moon ( September 6, 1623 ) - the shogunate increased deductions for the maintenance of the imperial court by 10 00 koku ^[8] ;
  • Tokugawa Iemitsu , the son of Hidetad, appeared at the emperor’s court, where he was named the shogun ^[7] ;

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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