Edict of one era name per reign

Name: Edict of one era name per reign
Start: 1868-10-23
End: 1868-10-23

一世一元の詔(いっせいいちげんのみことのり)

Event · edict · 23 October 1868

On 23 October 1868 the era was changed to Meiji with the edict that from now on each emperor should have a single era name — the end of the Edo period and beginning of the Meiji era1. Wikipedia, 江戸時代, 1868年10月23日…「一世一元の詔」の発布. ↩ Literatur Wikipedia, 江戸時代: Anon., 江戸時代, in: ウィキペディア日本語版, https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%9F%E6%88%B8%E6%99%82%E4%BB%A3 (zuletzt abgerufen am 30.10.2026).