Engi (era)

Engi (延喜) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Shōtai and before Enchō. This period started in July 901 and ended in April 923.[1] The reigning emperors were Daigo-tennō (醍醐天皇).[2]

Events of the Engi era

  • 1 February 901 (Engi 1, 1st day of the 1st month): There was an eclipse of the Sun.[3]
  • 901 (Engi 1): The Sugawara Michizane "incident" developed; but more details cannot be known. Emperor Daigo ordered that diaries and records were burned.[4]
  • May 905 (Engi 5, 4th month): Ki-no Tsurayuki presented the emperor with a collection of waka poetry called the Kokin Wakashū.[5]
  • 909 (Engi 9, 4th month): Fujiwara no Tokihira died at age 39. He had held the office of Miniser of the Left (sadaijin).[5]

References

  1. Louis-Frédéric (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
  2. Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. pp. 129–134.
  3. Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 131.
  4. 愚管抄: A Translation and Study of the Gukansho, an Interpretative History of Japan Written in 1219. University of California Press. 1979. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-520-03460-0. {{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  5. Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 132.

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Preceded by:
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Succeeded by:
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