- Ōei
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du japon," pp. 317-327.]
Change of era
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1394 : The new era name was created because of plague. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in "Meitoku" 5, the 5th day of the 7th month.Events of the "Ōei" era
* "Ōei 4", on the 16th day of the 4th month (
1397 ): Construction begun on "Kinkaku-ji ".
* "Ōei 6", on the 28th day of the 10th month (1399 ): "Ōei" Rebellion begins.Ōuchi Yoshiharu raises an army againstShogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu .
* "Ōei 8", on the 13th day of the 5th month (1401 ): Yoshimitsu sends a diplomatic mission to China as a tentative first step in re-initiating trade betweenJapan and MingChina .
* "Ōei 18", in the 10th month (October 5 ,1412 ):Emperor Shōkō became emperor upon the abdication of his father,Emperor Go-Komatsu . His actual coronation date was two years later. Shōkō was only 12 years old when he began living in the daïri; but Go-Komatsu, as a Cloistered Emperor still retained direction of the court and the Shogun was charged with the general superintendence of affairs. [Titsingh, p. 327.]
* "Ōei 20" (1413 ): Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimochi fell ill, and so he sent an ambassador to theIse Shrine to pray for the return of his health. [Titsingh, p. 328.]
* "Ōei 21", on the 19th day of the 12th month (1414 ): Enthronement of Emperor Shōkō.
* "Ōei 26", on the 26th day of the 6th month (1419 ):Oei Invasion .Korea invadedTsushima Province .
* "Ōei 30" (1423 ): Shogun Yoshimochi retires in favor of his son,Ashikaga Yoshikatsu , who is 17 years old. [Titsingh, p.329.]
* "Ōei 32", on the 27th day of the 2nd month (1425 ): Shogun Yoshikatsu died at the age of 19 years, having administered the empire for only three years. [Titsingh, p. 330.]References
* Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/
Hayashi Gahō , 1652] , "Nipon o daï itsi ran ; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth." Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran ... Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)]External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]
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