Japanese era name
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japanese-era-name-176-382513
title:
Japanese era name
text:
Japanese era name The Japanese era name or gengō (元号), is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era, followed by the literal "nen (年)" meaning "year". Era names originated in 140 BCE in Imperial China, during the reign of the Emperor Wu of Han. As elsewhere in the Sinosphere, the use of era names was originally derived from Chinese imperial practice, although the Japanese sy
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description:
Element that identifies years in the Japanese era calendar
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_era_name
date created:
2003-03-06T06:32:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T11:34:45Z
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