Chōkyū

was a after Chōryaku and before Kantoku. This period spanned the years from November 1040 through November 1044.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Chōkyū" in ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see . The reigning emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 160-162; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). ; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 195-196.

Change of era 1040 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Chōryaku 4, on the 10th day of the 11th month of 1040.Brown, p. 311.

Events of the Chōkyū era 1040 (Chōkyū 1, 1st day of the 1st month): a partial solar eclipse, predicted for midday, occurred in mid-afternoon. The delay caused complaints about the astronomers' lack of accuracy.Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 59, p. 399. 1040 (Chōkyū 1, 9th month): The Sacred Mirror was burned in a fire.Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982). Lessons from History: the Tokushi Yoron, p. 29. 1041 (Chōkyū 2): The Sanjo Palace burned; and it was reconstructed.Hvass, Svend M. (1999). Ise: Japan's Ise shrines, p. 1935.

Notes

References Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press. ; OCLC 7574544 Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. ; OCLC 251325323 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128 Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691 Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. ; OCLC 6042764

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