Ōwa

Ōwa (応和) was a Japanese era name (年号 nengō, "year name") after Tentoku and before Kōhō. This period spanned the years from February 961 through July 964.[1] The reigning emperor was Murakami-tennō (村上天皇).[2]

Change of era

Events of the Ōwa era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ōwa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 767, p. 767, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales ds empereurs du japon, pp. 139–141; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 295–298; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 183–190.
  3. Brown, p. 297.
  4. 1 2 3 Titsingh, p. 141.

References

Preceded by
Tentoku
Era or nengō
Ōwa

961–964
Succeeded by
Kōhō
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