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]

Related pages

Heian period

References

↑ Louis-Frédéric (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. pp. 129–134.
↑ Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 131.
↑ 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}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 132.

Other websites

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

Engi	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
	901	902	903	904	905	906	907	908	909	910	911	912	913	914	915	916	917	918	919	920

Engi	21st	22nd	23rd
	921	922	923

Preceded by:
Shōtai

Era or nengō:
Engi

Succeeded by:
Enchō

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[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}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)

[titsingh132-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 132.

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