 He was formally crowned in Kyoto on 15 October (a ceremony which had been postponed from the previous year due to the civil unrest).Shortly before the coronation, he announced that the new era, or "nengō", would be called "Meiji" or "enlightened rule".Heretofore the "nengō" had often been changed multiple times in an Emperor's reign; from now on, it was announced, there would only be one "nengō" per reign.