Enkyū
{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1069–1074 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|Enkyū|延久}} was a {{nihongo|Japanese era name|年号|nengō|lit. "year name"}} after Jiryaku and before Jōhō. This period spanned the years from April 1069 through August 1074.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Enkyū" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|Japan Encyclopedia, p. 180|page=180}}; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see [https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File]. The reigning emperors were {{nihongo|Go-Sanjō-tennō|後三条天皇}} and {{nihongo|Shirakawa-tennō|白河天皇}}.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 166-169; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 314-315; Varley, Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 199-202.
Change of Era
- 1069 ({{nihongo|Enkyū gannen|延久元年}}): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Jiryaku 5, on the 13th day of the 4th month of 1069.Brown, p. 314.
Events of the ''Enkyū'' Era
- 1069 (Enkyū 1): The consort of the newly elevated emperor was raised to the status of chūgū.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1934). Kamo-mioya Shrine,'' p. 41.
- 1072 (Enkyū 4, 8th day of the 12th month): In the 6th year of Emperor Go-Sanjō-tennō{{'}}s reign (桓武天皇6年), the emperor in favor of his son, and the succession (senso) was received by his son. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Shirakawa is said to have acceded to the throne (sokui).Titsingh, p. 169; Brown, p. 314; Varley, p. 44.
- 1073 (Enkyū 5, 21st day of the 4th month): Go-Sanjō entered the Buddhist priesthood; and his new priestly name became Kongō-gyō.Brown, p. 315.
- 1073 (Enkyū 5, 7th day of the 5th month): The former-Emperor Go-Sanjō died at the age of 40.
References
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Sources
- Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). [https://books.google.com/books?id=w4f5FrmIJKIC&q=Gukansho Gukanshō: The Future and the Past.] Berkeley: University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-03460-0}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/251325323 OCLC 251325323]
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC Japan encyclopedia.] Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 58053128]
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran Annales des empereurs du Japon.] Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]
- Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|9780231049405}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6042764 OCLC 6042764]
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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