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THE ZODIACAL CYCLE AND YEAR PERIODS.               351

                          THE YEAR                       continued.

                            From  1394 a.d. to the Present Time.

                            NAME OF CO.MMENCED                        COMMENCED
             CHARACTERS.                        cHAR.ACTERS.
                             PERIOD.    A.D.                  PERIOD.    A.D.
                                                >-
                            Daiyei     1521                 Kwaiiyei    1624




                    'T      Kiorokn    1528/]^                           1644




                            Tembun     1532                 Keian        1648





                            Koji       1555                              1652




                            Yeiroku    1558                  Meiriki     1655


           %                Genki      1570   7 x 3          Manji       1658






                             Tensho    1573                  Kwambun     1661





                            B unroku   ^592                  Yempo       1673



                    J&
                             Kiocho                          Tenwa       1681
                                               >


                             Genwa      1615           ^     Jokio       1684
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