Eiryaku

Eiryaku (永暦) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Heiji and before Ōhō. This period started in January 1160 and ended in September 1161.[1] During this time, the emperor was Nijō-tennō (二条天皇).[2]

Events of the Eiryaku era

  • 1160 (Eiryaku 1): Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123–1180), was killed in a campaign to overthrow the imperial chancellor, Taira no Kiyomori; and his wife, Tokiwa Gozen was forced to flee Heian-kyō (Kyoto) with her three sons.[3]
  • 1161 (Eiryaku 2): The emperor married widow of Emperor Konoe.[4]

References

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Eiryaku" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 172.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des emepereurs du japon, pp. 191-193; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 328; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 208-212.
  3. Claremont Colleges Digital Library: Archived 2009-02-20 at the Wayback Machine Ukiyo-e, Accession No. 93.6.40.
  4. Titsingh, p. 193.

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Preceded by:
Heiji
Era or nengō:
'Eiryaku
Succeeded by:
Ōhō



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