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Goki calendar 
Summary
The 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 edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Calendar" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 98-99; Bramsen, William. (1880). Japanese chronological tables, p. 25.
- ^ Japan, Monbusho. (1876). An outline history of Japanese education: prepared for the Philadelphia International Exhibition, 1876, p. 160.
Further reading edit
- 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. (in French)
External links edit
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar"