{"slug": "japanese-calendar", "label": "Japanese calendar", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_calendar", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13788", "qid": "Q13788", "description": "calendar", "entries": 13, "years": 13, "span": [607, 1873], "span_label": ["607 CE", "1873 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sui-dynasty", "label": "Sui dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emperor-yang-of-sui", "label": "Emperor Yang of Sui", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "empress-suiko", "label": "Empress Suiko", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prince-shotoku", "label": "Prince Shōtoku", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "russia", "label": "Russia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yokohama", "label": "Yokohama", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tokyo", "label": "Tokyo", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mount-fuji", "label": "Mount Fuji", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "taira-clan", "label": "Taira clan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edo", "label": "Edo", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 607, "year_label": "607 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 1", "text": "August 1 – Empress Suiko appoints Ono no Imoko as official envoy to the Sui Court (Japanese missions to Imperial China). She sends him to pay tribute to Emperor Yángdi, and let him deliver the famous letter from prince-regent Shōtoku which begins: \"The Son of Heaven where the sun rises (Japan), to the Son of Heaven where the sun sets (China), may good health be with you.\" (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802681#Asia", "title": "607", "revid": 1340802681, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 708, "year_label": "708 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "August 29", "text": "August 29 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807106#Asia", "title": "708", "revid": 1340807106, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 781, "year_label": "781 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "July 31", "text": "July 31 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji occurs (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848254#Asia", "title": "781", "revid": 1340848254, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1183, "year_label": "1183 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 14", "text": "August 14 – Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures, and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan (traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360552635#Japan", "title": "1183", "revid": 1360552635, "section": "Events › By area › Asia › Japan"}}, {"year": 1609, "year_label": "1609 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – The last day of Keichō 慶長 13 (according to the Japanese lunar calendar).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365588617#January–March", "title": "1609", "revid": 1365588617, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1660, "year_label": "1660 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January 25", "text": "January 25 - The first bridge to span the Sumida River in Tokyo, the Ryōgoku Bridge, is built to give people a means of escape from fires. (Traditional Japanese Date: Thirteenth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1659)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355660523#Events", "title": "1660 in Japan", "revid": 1355660523, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1683, "year_label": "1683 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "January 25", "text": "January 25 - Yaoya Oshichi sets fire to her home in the hopes of being able to meet a young priest with whom she fell in love while seeking shelter from a previous fire. The fire destroyed a large section of Edo (present day Tokyo). Oshichi was later caught and punished for her crime by being burned at the stake. (Traditional Japanese Date: Twenty-eighth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1682)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354180278#Events", "title": "1683 in Japan", "revid": 1354180278, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1703, "year_label": "1703 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 30", "text": "January 30 - The famed Forty-seven Samurai avenge their leader, Asano Naganori out of loyalty by attacking and killing Kira Kozuke no Suke Yoshinaka, despite being ordered not to. (Traditional Japanese Date: Fourteenth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1702)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354185459#Events", "title": "1703 in Japan", "revid": 1354185459, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1721, "year_label": "1721 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 3", "text": "January 3 - The Love Suicides at Amijima (Shinjūten no Amijima) is performed for the first time at the Takemoto Theater. (Traditional Japanese Date: Sixth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1720)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354290519#Events", "title": "1721 in Japan", "revid": 1354290519, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1856, "year_label": "1856 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 28", "text": "January 28 - The port of Shimoda is opened per Japan's first treaty of amity with Russia. (Traditional Japanese Date: Twenty-first Day of the Twelfth Month, 1855)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354313382#Events", "title": "1856 in Japan", "revid": 1354313382, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1870, "year_label": "1870 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 - The first public utility, Denshin, is established. (Traditional Japanese Date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Twelfth Month, Meiji 2)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1299353707#Events", "title": "1870 in Japan", "revid": 1299353707, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1871, "year_label": "1871 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 28", "text": "January 28 - Japan's first Japanese-language daily newspaper, the Yokohama Mainichi Shinbun, is printed in Yokohama. (Traditional Japanese Date: Eighth Day of the Twelfth Month, Meiji 3)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1299354025#Events", "title": "1871 in Japan", "revid": 1299354025, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1873, "year_label": "1873 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370305657#January", "title": "1873", "revid": 1370305657, "section": "Events › January"}}]}