Nanto Calendar - What a Calendar

Japanese: 南都暦 - なんとごよみ

A calendar distributed by calendar makers in Nara. It is also called the Nara calendar or the Nanjing calendar. All calendar makers in Nara were onmyoji, and it is known that there were 14 families around the time of the Horeki and Kansei calendar reforms. It is thought to have originated in the 15th century. There were usually two types of bound calendars, large and small, and abbreviated calendars were also published. Most were fubariki calendars, but some calendar makers were allowed to sell calendars in the Yamato province only. It is thought that only the Nanto calendar was written in katakana, and another characteristic is that the days of the week were written for each day from the time of the Senmei calendar.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

奈良の暦師により頒行された暦。奈良暦，あるいは南京暦ともいう。奈良の暦師はすべて陰陽師で宝暦や寛政の改暦ころは14家であったことが知られている。起源は15世紀ころと思われる。ふつうは綴（とじ）暦で大小2種があり，また略暦の版行も行っていた。賦（くばり）暦が主であるが，一部の暦師には大和1国を限って売暦も許された。片仮名暦は南都暦に限ると思われ，また宣明暦の時代から毎日の曜日が記されていたのも特徴である。

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