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Also known as Horeki

, also known as Horyaku, was a after ''Kan'en and before Meiwa''. The period spanned the years from October 1751 through June 1764. The reigning emperor and empress were and .

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Country
Japan
Followed by
Meiwa
Follows
Kan'en
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end time
1764-06-29
start time
1751-12-14
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5 sections
Contents
  • Change of era
  • Events of the ''Hōreki'' era
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

, also known as Horyaku, was a after ''Kan'en and before Meiwa. The period spanned the years from October 1751 through June 1764. The reigning emperor and empress were and .

==Change of era== 1751 : The new era of Hōreki (meaning "Valuable Calendar" or "Valuable Almanac") was said to have been created to mark the death of the retired Emperor Sakuramachi and the death of the former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hōreki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.