- Enryaku
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 86-95; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," pp. 277-279; Varley, H. Paul. "Jinnō Shōtōki," pp. 148-150.]
Change of era
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782 : 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'ō " 2, on the 19th day of the 8th month of 782. [Brown, p. 278.]Events of the "Enryaku" era
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Enryaku 1", in the 6th month (782 ): The "sadaijin "Fujiwara no Uona was removed from his office and exiled to Kyushi. Some time later, the emperor did permit him to return to the capital where he died. In the same general time frame,Fujiwara no Tamaro was named "udaijin ". During these days in which the offices of "sadaijin" and "udaijin" were vacant, the major counselors (the "dainagon ") and the emperor assumed responsibilities and powers which would have been otherwise delegated.Titsingh, p.86.]
* "Enryaku 3", in the 3rd month (783 ): The "udaijin" Tamaro died at the age of 62 years. [see above] ]
* "Enryaku 3", in the 7th month (783 ):Fujiwara no Korekimi became the new "udaijin" to replace the late Fujiwara no Tamaro. [see above] ]
* "Enryaku 12" (793 ): Under the leadership of the Buddhist priest Dengyō, construction is begun on the Enryaku Temple.Brown, p. 279.]
* "Enryaku 13", on the 21st day of the 10th month (794 ): The Emperor moves by carriage in a grand procession from Nara to Heian-kyō. [see above] ]
* "Enryaku 15" (796 ): Additional copper coins were put into circulation, each bearing the legend "Ren-hei Ei-hō". [Appert, Georges "et al." (1888). "Ancien japon," p. 30.]
* "Enryaku 25" (806 ): Emperor Kammu's reign lasted for 25 years. He died at the age of 70. [Varley, p. 150.] He was buried to the south of Heian-kyō, in the neighborhood of Momoyama; but the actual location became uncertain. In 1894, another tomb was created when theHeian Shrine was rebuilt. His spirit is said to rest in peace next to the tomb ofEmperor Meiji at this shrine. [Lowe, John. (2000). "Old Kyoto: A Short Social History," pp.10-11.]References
* Appert, Georges and Hiroji Kinoshita. (1888). "Ancien japon." Tokyo: Kokubunsha.
* 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
* Lowe, John. (2000). "Old Kyoto: A Short Social History." Oxford:Oxford University Press . ISBN 0-199-590940-2
* Titsingh, Isaac. (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 0-321-04940-4External 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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