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Keiun(Khánh vân),also known asKyōun,was aJapanese era name(Niên hào,,nengō,,lit. "year name" )followingTaihōand precedingWadō.The period startedin May 704 and ended in January 708.^[1]The reigning emperors wereMommu-tennō(Văn võ thiên hoàng)^[2]andGemmei-tennō(Nguyên minh thiên hoàng).^[3]

Events of theKeiunera

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697(Keiun 4): In the 11th year of Mommu'sreign,the emperor died,^[4]but his son and heir was too young to receive thesuccession(senso). Instead, the mother of the heir became Japan'smonarchuntil her son grew older.^[5]
18 July 707(Keiun 4, 15th day of the 6th month): Gemmei's role as monarch is confirmed byceremonies(sokui). She was aged 48.^[6]
707(Keiun 4): Deposits of copper were found inMusashi Province.^[7]
708(Keiun 5): The era name was changed to mark the beginning of the reign of Empress Gemmei; andWadōas the newnengōmark the welcome discovery of copper in the Chichibu District of what is nowSaitama Prefecture.^[7]The Japanese word for copper isdō( đồng ); and since this was indigenous copper, the"wa"(the ancient Chinese term for Japan) could be combined with the"dō"(copper) to create a new composite term —"wadō"— meaning "Japanese copper."

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Asuka period

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↑Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Keiun"inJapan Encyclopedia,p. 506.
↑Nussbaum,"Mommu Tennō,"p. 655.
↑Nussbaum,"Gemmei Tennō,"pp. 235-236;Titsingh, Isaac.(1834).Annales des empereurs du Japon,pp. 60-63;Brown, Delmeret al.(1979).Gukanshō,pp. 270-271;Varley, H. Paul. (1980).Jinnō Shōtōki.pp. 137-140.
↑Imperial Household Agency(Kunaichō):Văn võ thiên hoàng (42);retrieved 2012-5-27.
↑Varley, H. Paul. (1980).Jinnō Shōtōki,p. 44; a distinct act ofsensois unrecognized prior toEmperor Tenji;and all sovereigns exceptJitō,Yōzei,Go-Toba,andFushimihavesensoandsokuiin the same year until the reign ofEmperor Go-Murakami.CompareKunaichō,Ceremony of Accession (Sokui-no-Rei);retrieved 2012-5-22.
↑Brown,p. 271.
↑^7.0^7.1Titsingh,p. 63.

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National Diet Library,"The Japanese Calendar"-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Keiun	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
	704	705	706	707	708

Preceded by:
Taihō

Era ornengō:
Keiun

Succeeded by:
Wadō

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Kamakura period 1185–1333	Bunji1185–1190· Kenkyū1190–1199· Shōji1199–1201· Kennin1201–1204· Genkyū1204–1206· Ken'ei1206–1207· Jōgen1207–1211· Kenryaku1211–1213· Kempo1213–1219· Jōkyū1219–1222· Jōō1222–1224· Gennin1224–1225· Karoku1225–1227· Antei1227–1229· Kangi1229–1232· Jōei1232–1233· Tenpuku1233–1234· Bunryaku1234–1235· Katei1235–1238· Ryakunin1238–1239· En'ō1239–1240· Ninji1240–1243· Kangen1243–1247· Hōji1247–1249· Kenchō1249–1256· Kōgen1256–1257· Shōka1257–1259· Shōgen1259–1260· Bun'ō1260–1261· Kōchō1261–1264· Bun'ei1264–1275· Kenji1275–1278· Kōan1278–1288· Shōō1288–1293· Einin1293–1299· Shōan1299–1302· Kengen1302–1303· Kagen1303–1306· Tokuji1306–1308· Enkyō1308–1311· Ōchō1311–1312· Shōwa1312–1317· Bunpō1317–1319· Gen'ō1319–1321· Genkyō1321–1324· Shōchū1324–1326· Karyaku1326–1329· Gentoku1329–1331· Genkō1331–1334^♯· Shōkyō1332–1334^₪
Nanboku-chō period (Northern Court) 1336–1392	Kemmu1334–1338· Ryakuō1338–1342· Kōei1342–1345· Jōwa1345–1350· Kannō1350–1352· Bunna1352–1356· Enbun1356–1361· Kōan1361–1362· Jōji1362–1368· Ōan1368–1375· Eiwa1375–1379· Kōryaku1379–1381· Eitoku1381–1384· Shitoku1384–1387· Kakei1387–1389· Kōō1389–1390· Meitoku1390–1394^‡
Nanboku-chō period (Southern Court) 1336–1392	Kemmu1334–1336· Engen1336–1340· Kōkoku1340–1346· Shōhei1346–1370· Kentoku1370–1372· Bunchū1372–1375· Tenju1375–1381· Kōwa1381–1384· Genchū1384–1392^‡
Muromachi period 1333–1573	Ōei1394–1428· Shōchō1428–1429· Eikyō1429–1441· Kakitsu1441–1444· Bun'an1444–1449· Hōtoku1449–1452· Kyōtoku1452–1455· Kōshō1455–1457· Chōroku1457–1460· Kanshō1460–1466· Bunshō1466–1467· Ōnin1467–1469· Bunmei1469–1487· Chōkyō1487–1489· Entoku1489–1492· Meiō1492–1501· Bunki1501–1521· Eishō1504–1521· Daiei1521–1528· Kyōroku1528–1532· Tenbun1532–1555· Kōji1555–1558· Eiroku1558–1570· Genki1570–1573
Momoyama period 1573–1600	Tenshō1573–1592· Bunroku1592–1596· Keichō1596–1615
Edo period 1600–1868	Genna1615–1624· Kan'ei1624–1644· Shōhō1644–1648· Keian1648–1652· Jōō1652–1655· Meireki1655–1658· Manji1658–1661· Kanbun1661–1673· Enpō1673–1681· Tenna1681–1684· Jōkyō1684–1688· Genroku1688–1704· Hōei1704–1711· Shōtoku1711–1716· Kyōhō1716–1736· Genbun1736–1741· Kanpō1741–1744· Enkyō1744–1748· Kan'en1748–1751· Hōreki1751–1764· Meiwa1764–1772· An'ei1772–1781· Tenmei1781–1789· Kansei1789–1801· Kyōwa1801–1804· Bunka1804–1818· Bunsei1818–1830· Tenpō1830–1844· Kōka1844–1848· Kaei1848–1854· Ansei1854–1860· Man'en1860–1861· Bunkyū1861–1864· Genji1864–1865· Keiō1865–1868
Modern Japan 1868–present	Meiji1868–1912· Taishō1912–1926· Shōwa1926–1989· Heisei1989–2019· Reiwa2019–present
^♯The Northern pretenders did not recognize the Genkō era. Gentoku was used in the Northern Court until 1332. ^₪The Shōkyō era was recognized only by the Northern pretenders, not by the Southern Court. ^‡Upon reunification of the Northern and Southern Courts in 1392, Genchū was discontinued. Meitoku was used until 1394.

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