- Eiman
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 194-195; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," pp. 329-330; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki." p. 212.]
Change of era
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1165 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in "Chōkan" 3, on the 5th day of the 6th month of 1165. [Brown, p. 328.]Events of the "Eiman" era
* "Eiman 1" (
1165 ): The infant son ofEmperor Nijō was named heir apparent (and this Crown Prince will soon becomeEmperor Rokujō . [Kitagawa, H. (1975). "The Tale of the Heike," p.783.]
* "Eiman 1", on the 25th day of the 6th month (1165 ): In the 7th year of Nijō"-tennō"'s reign (桓武天皇7年), the emperor fell so very ill that he abdicated; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by a his son. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Rokujō is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’). [Titsingh, p. 194; Brown, p. 329; Varley, p. 44. [A distinct act of "senso" is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have "senso" and "sokui" in the same year until the reign of Go-Murakami.] ]
* "Eiman 1", 27th day of the 7th month (1165): The former- Emperor Nijō died at age 22. [Brown, p. 328; Kitagawa, p.783.]References
* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). [
Jien , c. 1220] , "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
* Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida, eds. (1975). "The Tale of the Heike ." Tokyo:University of Tokyo Press . ISBN 0-86008-128-1
* 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)]
* 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 0-231-04940-4External 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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