Sotoku (Edo)

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

• The 25th day of the 4th moon of the 8th year of Hohei (according to the Gregorian calendar - June 11, 1711);
• The 22nd day of the 6th moon of the 6th year of Sotoku (according to the Gregorian calendar - August 9, 1716).

The name Nengo was borrowed from the ancient Chinese composition of Shu Jing : 「正 徳 利用 、 厚生 惟 和」 ^[4] .

• 1711 (1st year of Shotoku) - the Korean ambassador arrived at the Japanese court ^[7] ;
• November 12, 1712 (the 14th day of the 10th moon of the 2nd year of Sёtoku) - the Tokugawa shogun Ienobu died ^[7] ;
• 1713 (Shotoku 3rd year) - Tokugawa Ietsugu became the new shogun ^[7] ;
• 1713 (Shotoku 3rd year) - the state adviser Arai Hakuseki ordered to halve the number of hired palanquins in the capital from 300 to 150, and to play the licenses to take them to the lottery; the number of small covered boats carrying passengers along the Sumida River was also limited to a hundred ^[8] ;
• 1714 (Shotoku 4th year) - the shogunate introduces new gold and silver coins ^[7] ;
• April 20, 1715 (17th day of the 3rd moon of the 5th year of Sёtoku) - festivities were held throughout the country in honor of the 100th anniversary of the death of Tokugawa Ieyasu (deified name of Gongen-sama) ^[9] ;
• 1716 (6th year of Sotoku) - a cart hit by a pedestrian was equated to intentional murder and began to be punished from exile to death ^[8] .

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 system Gan-chi is indicated in brackets to the year number of the Japanese era. The Japanese months are traditionally called moons .

^{* The} asterisk is marked with short months (moons) lasting 29 days. The remaining months last 30 days.

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