Jōkyō
Sign in to savewas a after Tenna and before Genroku. This period spanned the years from February 1684 through September 1688. The reigning emperors were and . thumb | right | Emperor Reigen ==Change of era== 1684 : The new era of Jōkyō (meaning "Taking Righteousness") was created to mark the start of a new cycle of the Chinese zodiac. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Tenna 4, on the 21st day of the 2nd month.
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- Change of era
- Events of the ''Jōkyō'' era
- Notes
- See also
- References
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was a after Tenna and before Genroku. This period spanned the years from February 1684 through September 1688. The reigning emperors were and . thumb | right | Emperor Reigen ==Change of era== 1684 : The new era of Jōkyō (meaning "Taking Righteousness") was created to mark the start of a new cycle of the Chinese zodiac. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Tenna 4, on the 21st day of the 2nd month.
Subsequently, the power to create a calendar shifted to the Tokugawa shogunate, and the authority of the Imperial calendar was diminished after 1684. In that year, the astrology bureau of the Tokugawa bakufu created a "Japanese" calendar which was independent of Chinese almanacs.