Glossary

Jingo-keiun

神護景雲

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (神護景雲) for the years 767–769: 767 is Jingo-keiun 1 (元年) and Jingo-keiun 3 is 769. Jingo-keiun (神護景雲) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 767. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 767 is Jingo-keiun 1 (元年), 769 its last year, Jingo-keiun 3. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Jingo-keiun 2” (神護景雲2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Tenpyō-jingo. After: Hōki.