Enkyū
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Enkyū (延久?) was a Japanese era (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Jiryaku and before Jōhō. This period spanned the years from 1069 through 1074. The reigning emperors were Go-Sanjō-tennō (後三条天皇?) and Shirakawa-tennō (白河天皇?).[1]
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[edit] Change of Era
- Enkyū gannen (延久元年?); 1069: 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.[2]
[edit] Events of the Enkyū Era
- Enkyū 4, on the 8th day of the 12th month (1072): 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’’).[3]
- Enkyū 5, on the 21st day of the 4th month (1073): Go-Sanjō entered the Buddhist priesthood; and his new priestly name became Kongō-gyō.[4]
- Enkyū 5, on the 7th day of the 5th month (1073): The former-Emperor Go-Sanjō died at the age of 40.[4]
[edit] 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....Click link to 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
| Enkyū | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
| Gregorian | 1069 | 1070 | 1071 | 1072 | 1073 | 1074 |
| Preceded by Jiryaku |
Era or nengō Enkyū 1069 – 1073 |
Succeeded by Jōhō |
