Anna (era)

964–968	Kōhō
968–970	Anna
970–973	Tenroku
973–976	Ten'en
976–978	Jōgen
978–983	Tengen
983–985	Eikan
985–987	Kanna
987–988	Eien
988–990	Eiso
990–995	Shōryaku
995–999	Chōtoku
999–1004	Chōhō
1004–1012	Kankō
1012–1017	Chōwa
1017–1021	Kannin
1021–1024	Jian
1024–1028	Manju
1028–1037	Chōgen
1037–1040	Chōryaku

806–810	Daidō
810–824	Kōnin
824–834	Tenchō
834–848	Jōwa
848–851	Kashō
851–854	Ninju
854–857	Saikō
857–859	Ten'an
859–877	Jōgan
877–885	Gangyō
885–889	Ninna
889–898	Kanpyō
898–901	Shōtai
901–923	Engi
923–931	Enchō
931–938	Jōhei
938–947	Tengyō
947–957	Tenryaku
957–961	Tentoku
961–964	Ōwa

645–650	Taika
650–654	Hakuchi
686–686	Shuchō
701–704	Taihō
704–708	Keiun
708–715	Wadō
Nara
715–717	Reiki
717–724	Yōrō
724–729	Jinki
729–749	Tenpyō
749	Tenpyō-kanpō
749–757	Tenpyō-shōhō
757–765	Tenpyō-hōji
765–767	Tenpyō-jingo
767–770	Jingo-keiun
770–781	Hōki
781–782	Ten'ō
782–806	Enryaku

Anna (安和) was a Japanese era (年号, nengō, "year name") after Kōhō and before Tenroku. This period spanned the years from August 968 through March 970.^[1] The reigning emperors were Reizei-tennō (冷泉天皇) and En'yū-tennō (円融天皇).^[2]

Change of era

February 2, 968 Anna gannen (安和元年): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Kōhō 4, on the 15th day of the 8th month of 968.^[3]

Events of the Anna era

October 26, 968 (Anna 1, 26th day of the 10th month): A child who would become Emperor Kazan is born in the house of the man who would become Emperor Ichijō.^[4]
September 27, 969 (Anna 2, 13th day of the 8th month): Fujiwara no Saneyori (藤原実頼) was appointed sesshō (regent).
969 (Anna 2, 10th month): The sadaijin Fujiwara no Morotada (藤原師尹) died.^[5]
969 (Anna 2, 12th month): The sesshō Saneyori celebrated his 70th birthday.^[5]
969 (Anna 2): The "Anna Incident" (Anna no hen)^[6]

Notes

^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Anna" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 32, p. 32, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 142–143; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 299–300; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 191–192.
^ Brown, p. 298.
^ McCullough, Helen Craig. (1980). Okagami, the Great Mirror: Fujiwara Michinaga (966–1027) and his Times, p. 80.
^ ^a ^b Titsingh, p. 144.
^ Mostow, Joshua. (1999). At the House of Gathered Leaves: Shorter Biographical and Autobiographical Narratives from Japanese Court Literature, p. 3, p. 3, at Google Books; excerpt, "At the time of Emperor Murakami's death and the accession of Emperor Reizei in 967, it was unclear who would be crown prince ... In 969, an alleged plot to usurp the throne was uncovered; and Imperial Prince Tamehira was banished to Kyushu."

References

Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-03460-0; OCLC 251325323
Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; 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. ISBN 9780231049405; OCLC 6042764

External links

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

Preceded by Kōhō	Era or nengō Anna 964–968	Succeeded by Tenroku

[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Anna" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 32, p. 32, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.

[2] Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 142–143; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 299–300; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 191–192.

[3] Brown, p. 298.

[4] McCullough, Helen Craig. (1980). Okagami, the Great Mirror: Fujiwara Michinaga (966–1027) and his Times, p. 80.

[t144-5] Titsingh, p. 144.

[6] Mostow, Joshua. (1999). At the House of Gathered Leaves: Shorter Biographical and Autobiographical Narratives from Japanese Court Literature, p. 3, p. 3, at Google Books; excerpt, "At the time of Emperor Murakami's death and the accession of Emperor Reizei in 967, it was unclear who would be crown prince ... In 969, an alleged plot to usurp the throne was uncovered; and Imperial Prince Tamehira was banished to Kyushu."

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