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]

Related pages

Heian period

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Eiryaku" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 172.
↑ 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.
↑ Claremont Colleges Digital Library: Archived 2009-02-20 at the Wayback Machine Ukiyo-e, Accession No. 93.6.40.
↑ Titsingh, p. 193.

Other websites

National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Eryaku	1st	2nd
Gregorian	1160	1161

Preceded by:
Heiji

Era or nengō:
'Eiryaku

Succeeded by:
Ōhō

This short article about Japan can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.

[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.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]