- Eikyū
. [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.]
Change of Era
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1113 : 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. [Brown, p. 321.]Events of the "Eikyū" Era
* "Eikyū 1", in the 4th month (
1113 ): Fujiwara Tadasane was named "kampaku".Titsingh, p. 179.]
* "Eikyū 1", in the 4th month (1113 ): Emperor Toba visited theMatsunoo Shrine and theKitano Tenman-gū . When the emperor visitsShinto shrines, it is always a pleasure party for him. Without this pretext, court etiquette would not have permitted him to have left the palace. [see above] ]
* "Eikyū 1", in the 10th month (1113 ): Toba visited the temples on Mount Hiei in the vicinity of Heian-kyō. [see above] ]
* "Eikyū 1", in the 11th month (1113 ): Toba visited theInari Shrine and the Gion Shrine. [see above] ]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
* 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 Society 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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