Eikyū

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968–970	Anna
970–973	Tenroku
973–976	Ten'en
976–978	Jōgen
978–983	Tengen
983–985	Eikan
985–987	Kanna
987–988	Eien
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1028–1037	Chōgen
1037–1040	Chōryaku

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824–834	Tenchō
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848–851	Kashō
851–854	Ninju
854–857	Saikō
857–859	Ten'an
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877–885	Gangyō
885–889	Ninna
889–898	Kanpyō
898–901	Shōtai
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957–961	Tentoku
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749	Tenpyō-kanpō
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757–765	Tenpyō-hōji
765–767	Tenpyō-jingo
767–770	Jingo-keiun
770–781	Hōki
781–782	Ten'ō
782–806	Enryaku

Last updated April 03, 2024 • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Eikyū (永久) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Ten-ei and before Gen'ei. This period spanned the years from July 1113 through April 1118.^[1] The reigning emperor was Emperor Toba -tennō (鳥羽天皇).^[2]

Change of Era

January 20, 1113Eikyū gannen (永久元年): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Ten'ei 4, on the thirteenth day of the seventh month of 1113.^[3]

Events of the Eikyū Era

1113 (Eikyū 1, 4th month): Fujiwara Tadasane was named kampaku .^[4]
1113 (Eikyū 1, 4th month): Emperor Toba visited the Matsunoo Shrine and the Kitano Tenman-gū. When the emperor visits Shinto shrines, it is always a pleasure party for him. Without this pretext, court etiquette did not permit him to leave the palace.^[4]
1113 (Eikyū 1, 10th month): Toba visited the temples on Mount Hiei in the vicinity of Kyoto.^[4]
1113 (Eikyū 1, 11th month ): Toba visited the Inari Shrine and the Gion Shrine.^[4]

Notes

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Eikyū" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 171 , p. 171, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 178-180; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 321; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 200-204.
↑ Brown, p. 321.
1 2 3 4 Titsingh, p. 179.

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References

Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-03460-0; OCLC 251325323
Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
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
Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231049405; OCLC 6042764

External links

National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Preceded by Ten-ei	Era or nengō Eikyū 1113–1118	Succeeded by Gen'ei

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Eikyū" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 171 , p. 171, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.

[2] Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 178-180; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 321; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 200-204.

[3] Brown, p. 321.

[t179-4] 1 2 3 4 Titsingh, p. 179.

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