was a after Angen and before Yōwa. This period spanned the years from August 1177 through July 1181. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
- 1177 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Angen 3, on the 4th day of the 8th month of 1177.
Events of the Jishō era
- 1177 (Jishō 1, 28th day of the 4th month): A great fire in the capital was spread by high winds; and the palace was reduced to cinders.
- 1178 (Jishō 2, 12th day of the 11th month): Emperor Takakura's consort, Tokuko, gives birth to an infant who will become Emperor Antoku.
- 1180 (Jishō 4, 21st day of the 2nd month): Emperor Takakura abdicates.
- 1180 (Jishō 4, 22nd day of the 4th month): Emperor Antoku's is said to have acceded to the throne (sokui) on the day of his coronation ceremony.
- 1180 (Jishō 4, 2nd day of the 6th month): Former-Emperor Go-Shirakawa-in, former-emperor Takakura-in and Emperor Antoku leave Kyoto for Fukuhara, which is near modern-day Kōbe, Hyōgo.
- 1180 (Jishō 4): A devastating whirlwind causes havoc in Heian-kyō, the capital.
- 1181 (Jishō 5, 14th day of the 1st month): Emperor Takakura dies.