Anei (meaning "eternal tranquillity"), but this symbolic act was proved futile. Notes References Hall, John Whitney. (1955). Tanuma Okitsugu, 1719-1788: Forerunner of Modern Japan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. OCLC 445621 Nara, Hiroshi. (2004). The Structure of Detachment: the Aesthetic Vision of Kuki Shūzō with a translation of "Iki no kōzō." Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ; ; OCLC 644791079 Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 48943301 Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ; OCLC 65177072 Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691. External links Lexell's Comet: -- Comet ("D/1770 L1") is named after Lexell. National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection Toyohara Chikanobu, Mirror of the Ages (Jidai Kagami): Meiwa no koro. Japanese eras 1760s in Japan 1770s in Japan 1764 establishments in Japan