Daidō

Daidō (Japanese: 大同) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) after Ten'ō and before Kōnin. This period spanned the years from 806 through 809. The reigning emperors were Heizei-tennō (平城天皇) and Saga-tennō (嵯峨天皇).^[1]

Change of Era

• Daidō gannen (大同元年; 806): The new era name 'was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Enryaku 25, on the 18th day of the 5th month of 806.^[2]

Events of the Daidō Era

• Daidō 1, on the 17th day of the 3rd month (大同元年; 806): In the 25th year of Emperor Kammu's reign (桓武天皇25年), he died; and despite an ensuring dispute over who should follow her as sovereign, contemporary scholars then construed that the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by a his son. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Heizei is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’).^[3]
• Daidō 4, on the 1st day of the 4th month (809): In the 4th year of Emperor Heizei's reign (平城天皇4年), he fell ill and abdicated; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by his second son, the eldest son having become a Buddhist priest. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Saga is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’).^[4]

References

• Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). [ Jien, c1220], Gukanshō; "The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō,' an interpretive history of Japan written in 1219" translated from the Japanese and edited by Delmer M. Brown & Ichirō Ishida. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-03460-0
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652]. Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.--Two digitized examples of this rare book have now been made available online: (1) from the library of the University of Michigan, digitized January 30, 2007; and (2) from the library of Stanford University, digitized June 23, 2006. Click here to read the original text in French.
• Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [ Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1359], Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley). New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-321-04940-4

External links

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

See also

• Daidō is also a Japanese surname.

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