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Hōreki (宝暦), also known asHoryaku,^[1] was aJapanese era name (年号,nengō; "year name") afterKan'en and beforeMeiwa. The period spanned the years from October 1751 through June 1764.^[2] The reigning emperor and empress wereMomozono-tennō (桃園天皇) andGo-Sakuramachi-tennō (後桜町天皇).^[3]: 418

• 1751Hōreki 1 (宝暦元年): The new era ofHōreki (meaning "Valuable Calendar" or "Valuable Almanac") was said to have been created to mark the death of the retiredEmperor Sakuramachi and the death of the formershōgunTokugawa Yoshimune.

The previous era could be said to have ended and the new era is understood to have commenced inKan'en 4, on the 27th day of the 10th month; however, thisnengō was promulgated retroactively. TheKeikō Kimon records that the calendar was amended by Imperial command, and the era was renamed Hōreki on December 2, 1754, which then would have become 19th day of the 10th month of the 4th year of Hōreki.^[4]

• 1752 (Hōreki 2): An ambassador arrived from theRyūkyū Kingdom.^[3]: 418
• 1754 (Hōreki 4): TheHōreki River Improvement Incident
• 1758 (Hōreki 8): TheHōreki incident involved a small number ofkuge who favored a restoration of Imperial power; and this was construed as a threat by the shogunate.^[5]
• 1760 (Hōreki 10): ShogunIeshige resigns and his son,Ieharu, becomes the 10th shogun of theTokugawa shogunate.^[3]: 419
• 1762 (Hōreki 12): TheEmperor Momozono abdicated in favor of his sister;^[3]: 419 and he died shortly thereafter.
• 1763 (Hōreki 13): A merchant association handling Korean ginseng is founded in the Kanda district ofEdo.^[6]
• 1764 (Hōreki 14):Sweet potatoes are exported from Edo to Korea. The food crop inKorea is the result of a diplomatic mission.^[7]

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• National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar"-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
• National Archives of Japan...Clink link for map of Ogasawara Islands drawn in 2nd year ofHoreki (1752)^{[permanent dead link]}

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