Eihō

. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 169-171; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," p. 316; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki," p. 199-202.]

Change of Era

*; 1081: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in "Jōryaku" 5, on the 10th day of the 2nd month of 1081.Brown, p. 316.]

Events of the "Eihō" Era

* "Eihō 1", on the 15th day of the 4th month (1081): The Buddhist Temple of Miidera was set on fire by the monks of a rival sect on Mt. Hiei. [see above] ]
* "Eihō 1",on the 4th day of the 6th month (1081): Miidera was burned again by monks from Mt. Hiei. [Titsingh, p. 171; Brown, p. 316.]
* "Eihō 3", in the 10th month (1083): At Hosshō-ji, construction begins on a nine-story pagoda. [Titsingh, p.171.]

Notes

References

* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). [ Jien, 1221] , "Gukanshō; "The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō,' an interpretive history of Japan written in 1219" translated from the Japanese and edited by Delmer M. Brown & Ichirō Ishida." Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-03460-0
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652] . "Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran Annales des empereurs du Japon] ." Paris: Oriental Translation Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
* Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [ Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1359] , "Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley)." New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-04940-4

External links

* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]