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==Calculation Website ==

==Calculation Website ==

Unlike conversions between era years and Western years, which is a fairly easy calculation (see [[Year dates]] and [[Japanese Eras]]), conversion between the Western and Chinese calendar can only be done using a monthly table based on historical documents. One table is Tuchihashi's.  However, now there are several websites that provide calculators which look up dates.  One is the following:

Unlike conversions between era years and Western years, which is a fairly easy calculation (see [[Year dates]] and [[Japanese Eras]]), conversion between the Western and Chinese calendar can only be done using a monthly table based on historical documents. One table is Tuchihashi's.  However, now there are several websites that provide calculators which look up dates.  One is the following:

http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/geschichte-japans/nengo_calc.htm which will give the Western year for the Japanese date.

http://web.me.com/meyer.eva/www.yukikurete.de/nengo_calc.htm which will give the Western year for the Japanese date.

Here are several notes on its use:

Here are several notes on its use:

==References==

==References==

*[[Kojien Dictionary|''Kôjien Dictionary'']]

*[[Kojien Dictionary|''Kôjien Dictionary'']]

*http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/geschichte-japans/nengo_calc.htm

*http://web.me.com/meyer.eva/www.yukikurete.de/nengo_calc.htm

*http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/year-countries.html

*http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/year-countries.html

*Ôsaki Masatsugu大崎正次,"Nihon Jasokai no Kaireki"「日本耶蘇會の改暦——日本年代學への一機構として」''Chiri Rekishi''『歴史地理』Vol.70, No.4、1937.

*Ôsaki Masatsugu大崎正次,"Nihon Jasokai no Kaireki"「日本耶蘇會の改暦——日本年代學への一機構として」''Chiri Rekishi''『歴史地理』Vol.70, No.4、1937.

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