Eiman
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Eiman (永万?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Chōkan and before Nin'an. This period spanned the years from 1165 through 1166. The reigning emperor was Emperor Rokujō-tennō (六条天皇?).[1]
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[edit] Change of era
- Eiman gannen (永万元年?); 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.[2]
[edit] Events of the Eiman era
- Eiman 1 (1165): The infant son of Emperor Nijō was named heir apparent (and this Crown Prince will soon become Emperor Rokujō.[3]
- 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’’).[4]
- Eiman 1, 27th day of the 7th month (1165): The former- Emperor Nijō died at age 22.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Brown, p. 328.
- ^ Kitagawa, H. (1975). The Tale of the Heike, p.783.
- ^ 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.]
- ^ Brown, p. 328; Kitagawa, p.783.
- 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.... 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 0-231-04940-4
[edit] External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Eiman | 1st | 2nd |
| Gregorian | 1165 | 1166 |
| Preceded by Chōkan |
Era or nengō Eiman 1165 – 1166 |
Succeeded by Nin'an |
