WThe Japanese era name , also known as gengō (元号), is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era, followed by the literal "nen (年)" meaning "year".
WThe Hōryaku calendar was a Japanese lunisolar calendar. It was also known as Hōryaku Kōjutsu Gen-reki (宝暦甲戌元暦). It was published in 1755.
WJapan Standard Time , abbreviated as JST, is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC. There is no daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated several times. During World War II, it was often called Tokyo Standard Time.
WA Japanese clock is a mechanical clock that has been made to tell traditional Japanese time, a system in which daytime and nighttime are always divided into six periods whose lengths consequently change with the season. Mechanical clocks were introduced into Japan by Jesuit missionaries or Dutch merchants. These clocks were of the lantern clock design, typically made of brass or iron, and used the relatively primitive verge and foliot escapement. Tokugawa Ieyasu owned a lantern clock of European manufacture.
WThe Jōkyō calendar was a Japanese lunisolar calendar, in use from 1684 to 1753. It was officially adopted in 1685.
WUTC+09:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +09:00.
WYakudoshi (厄年), or "calamitous years," are ages that in Japan are traditionally believed to be unlucky.