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350 TPIE ZODIACAL CYCLE AND YEAR PERIODS.

THE YEAR PERIODS.

From 1394 a.d. to the Present Time.,

NAME OF COMMENCED NAM'g OF Commenced
CHARACTERS. CHARACTERS.
PERIOD. A.D. PERIOD. A.D.

Oyei 1394 Kwansho 1460

jt. Shocho 1428 1466

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t Yeikio 1429 Onin 1467

4 ^ Kakitsu 1441 Bumnei . 1469

Bun-an 1444 Chokio 1487

Hotoku 1449 ^ Yentohi 1489

Kiotoku 1452 1492
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Kosho 1455 1501

Chofoku 1457 i ^ Yeisho 1504
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