Hōei era

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The Hōei era was a Japanese historical period in the early 18th century, notable for major natural disasters including the great Hōei earthquake and the subsequent eruption of Mount Fuji.

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instanceOf Japanese era
alternateTransliteration Hoei era
linked to: Hōei era
associatedWith natural disasters in early 18th-century Japan
calendarType Japanese lunisolar calendar
capital Edo
country Japan
currency Tokugawa coinage
endDate 1711-04-25
endYear 1711
eraChangeDate 1704-03-13
eraChangeReason customary change of era name to mark auspicious beginning
occurrence of various calamities and events at the end of Genroku era
eraNameMeaning Treasure and Eternity
follows Genroku era
government Tokugawa shogunate
HōeiEarthquakeDate 1707-10-28
HōeiEarthquakeMagnitude estimated 8.6
HōeiEarthquakeRegion Nankai Trough
HōeiEarthquakeType megathrust earthquake
HōeiEruptionDate 1707-12-16
HōeiEruptionImpact creation of Hōei-zan flank crater on Mount Fuji
heavy ash fall in Edo
HōeiEruptionType plinian eruption
HōeiEruptionVolcano Mount Fuji
JapaneseName 宝永
language Classical Japanese
namedAfter Hōei
notableEvent 1707 Hōei earthquake
1707 eruption of Mount Fuji
Hōei earthquake
Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji
linked to: Hōei eruption
partOf history of Japan
period Edo period
precedes Shōtoku era
reigningEmperor Emperor Higashiyama
religion Buddhism
Shinto
shōgun Tokugawa Ienobu
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
startDate 1704-03-13
startYear 1704
timeSpan early 18th century
writingSystem kanji

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Hōei eruption namedAfter Hōei era
1707 Hoei earthquake namedAfter Hoei era
linked to: Hōei era
1707 Hoei earthquake era Hoei era
linked to: Hōei era
Hōei era alternateTransliteration Hoei era
linked to: Hōei era
Hōei crater namedAfter Hōei era