Goki calendar

Goki calendar (五紀暦 Goki-reki), also known as Wuji li, was a Japanese lunisolar calendar (genka reki).^[1] It was developed in China; and it was used in Japan in the mid-9th century.

History

The Goki-reki system corrected errors in the Taien calendar which was used in Japan in the first half of the 9th century. The corrections were the work of Akasuga Manomaro.^[2]

See also

• Japanese calendar
• Sexagenary cycle

References

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Calendar" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 98-99; Bramsen, William. (1880). Japanese chronological tables, p. 25.
2. Japan, Monbusho. (1876). An outline history of Japanese education: prepared for the Philadelphia International Exhibition, 1876, p. 160.

Further reading

• Charlotte von Verschuer (1985). Les relations officielles du Japon avec la Chine aux VIIIe et IXe siècles (Hachi-kyū-seiki no Nitchū kankei), pp. 243-245 n. 114. (French)

External links

• National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar"