Maeve

Beginning and end of an era: ^{[6] [7] [3]}

• 2nd day of the 6th moon of the 14th year of Horeki (according to the Gregorian calendar - June 30, 1764);
• 16th day of the 11th moon of the 9th year of Maeve (according to the Gregorian calendar - December 10, 1772).

The name Nengo was borrowed

• from Shu Jing : 「百姓 昭明 、 協和 万邦」 ^[5] ;
• from the 1st juan Shi ji : 「百姓 昭明 、 合 和 万 国」 ^[5] .

In the era of Maeve, a whole series of natural disasters hit the country. Particularly notorious in this regard is the 9th year of Maeve, for which the name “9th year of Maeve is the year of disasters” was fixed to the people ( 明 和 九年 は 迷惑 年 )

• 1766 (3rd year of Maeve) - the uprising on the overthrow of the shogun was suppressed ^[8] ;
• 1768 (5th year of Maeve) - the Matsuzakzai trading house began its work ^[9] ;
• 1770 (7th year of Maeve) - a typhoon destroyed the Imperial Palace in Kyoto ^[10] ;
• 1770 (May 7th year) - a comet with a long tail (according to modern data, this is D / 1770 L1, discovered by Andrei Lexel ) illuminated the night sky throughout the summer and autumn ^[10] ;
• 1770 (the 7th year of Maeve) - the beginning of a continuous 15-year drought in Japan ^[10] ;
• 1771 (8th year of Maeve) - the play “The Resident of the capital and thunders in straw sandals” is staged ( Edokko no waraji about haku rangasisa ), which ridicules the restless and restless character of the people living in the city of Edo ^[9] ;
• April 24, 1771 (the 10th day of the 3rd moon of the 8th year of Maeve) - a tsunami in the vicinity of Ishigaki Island , which went down in history called the Yaeyama Earthquake ( Jap. 八 重 山 地震 Yayeyama jisin ) or the Great Maunas tsunami ( Jap. 明 和の 大 津 波 maiva but oh: tsu us ) ;
• On April 1, 1772 (the 29th day of the 2nd moon of the 9th year of Maeve) - in the Diane temple, in the Meguro district, one of the largest fires of the capital began - the Maiva Fire of the Maiva ( Japanese 明 和 の 大火 Maeve no tajka ) . Then more than 18 thousand citizens died and went missing. 169 residences of the specific princes burned down, including the estate of the grandson of the eighth shogun Matsudaira Sadanobu (1758-1829), who became the main state adviser right before the fire. The fire also destroyed 170 city bridges and 382 temples. It was an arson, and he destroyed half of the city. The arsonist was found two months later, at the end of April 1772, and was executed at the stake in June ^[11] ;
• August 2, 1772 (4th day of the 6th moon of the 9th year of Maeve) - a terrible storm hit the Kanto region , causing floods and ruining the crops ^[10] ;
• August 17, 1772 (the 19th day of the 6th moon of the 9th year of Maeve) - another flood storm that killed 4,000 houses in Edo alone ^[12] ;

The table below shows the correspondence of Japanese traditional and European chronology. In parentheses to the year number of the Japanese era, the name of the corresponding year from the 60-year cycle of the Chinese Gan-chi system is indicated . 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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