Keian

For the Zen Buddhist monk, see Keian Genju (1427-1508).

Keian (慶安) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Shōhō and before Jōō. This period spanned the years from February 1648 through September 1652.[1] The reigning emperor was Go-Kōmyō-tennō (後光明天皇).[2]

Change of era

The new era name was drawn from the Chinese classic, The I Ching: "At the end happiness, joy of quiet righteousness, answer the world unlimited" (乃終有慶、安貞之吉、応地無疆):

Events of the Keian era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Keian" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 503; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  2. 1 2 Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 412.
  3. Screech, T. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shogans: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822, pp. 85-89.
  4. Titsingh, p. 412; n.b., the first copy of this rare book was brought from Japan to Europe by Isaac Titsingh in 1796. Titsingh translated the text from Japanese and Chinese; and his work was then supplemented for posthumous publication by Julius Klaproth. The initial Japanese authorship is confirmed; the precise nengō-dating is confirmed in the same passage -- see Titsingh, p. 406.

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Preceded by
Shōhō
Era or nengō
Keian

1648–1652
Succeeded by
Jōō
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