Shuchō

, alternatively read as Suchō or Akamitori, was a after a gap following Hakuchi (650–654) and before another gap lasting until Taihō (701–704). This Shuchō period briefly spanned a period of mere months, June through September 686.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Shuchō" in ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File . The reigning sovereigns were and .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 58–59; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 268–269.

History In 686, also known as , the new era name referred to the red bird of the south, which was one of the Chinese directional animals.Bender, Ross. (2009). "The Suppression of the Tachibana Naramaro Conspiracy," Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 37/2:223–245; compare mirrored full-text ; retrieved 2012-10-23. The nengō did not survive Emperor Tenmu's death. The era ended with the accession of Temmu's successor, Empress Jitō.

Timeline

The system of Japanese era names was not the same as Imperial reign dates.

Events of the Shuchō era 686 (Shuchō 1, 9th day of the 9th month): Emperor Tenmu diesHioki (2007:195) 686 (Shuchō 1, 2nd day of the 10th month): rebellion of Prince Ōtsu discovered; he and conspirators are arrested 686 (Shuchō 1, 3rd day of the 10th month): Prince Ōtsu commits suicide 686 (Shuchō 1, 16th day of the 11th month): Princess Ōku, Prince Ōtsu's sister, is removed from position at Ise ShrineHioki (2007:196) 686 (Shuchō 1, 17th day of the 11th month): earthquake

Notes

References Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. ; OCLC 251325323 Hioki, Eigō. (2007). . Tōkyō: Kokusho Kankōkai. ; OCLC 676118585 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128 Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691 Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. ; OCLC 6042764

External links National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection