Enryaku

Enryaku (延暦) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Ten'ō and before Daidō. This period started in August 782 and ended in May 806.^[1] During this time, the emperor was Kammu-tennō (桓武天皇).^[2]

Events of the Enryaku era

In Enryaku 12, work building Enryaku-ji temple was started

782 (Enryaku 1, 6th month): Fujiwara no Uona was removed from his office.^[3]
783 (Enryaku 3, in the 3rd month): Fujiwara no Tamaro died at the age of 62 years.^[4]
783 (Enryaku 3, in the 7th month): Fujiwara no Korekimi^[5] was promoted in the hierarchy of the Imperial court.^[4]
784 (Enryaku 3): The emperor moves the capital to Nagaoka^[6]
788 (Enryaku 7): The Buddhist monk Saichō^[7] establishes a monastery on Mt Hiei
793 (Enryaku 12): Construction began on the Buddhist temple complex at Enryaku-ji.^[8]
17 December 794 (Enryaku 13, 21st day of the 10th month): The Emperor moved by carriage in a grand parade from Nara to Heian-kyō.^[8]
796 (Enryaku 15): Copper coins were minted with the legend Ren-hei Ei-hō.^[9]
797 (Enryaku 16): Shoku Nihongi was written.^[10]
806 (Enryaku 25): Emperor Kammu died at the age of 70.^[11]

Related pages

Nara period

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Enryaku" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 181.
↑ Nussbaum, "Kammu Tennō," p. 464; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 86-95; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 277-279; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 148-150.
↑ Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Uona" at p. 211.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Titsingh, p.86; Brown, p. 278.
↑ Imperial Japanese Commission to the World's Columbian Exposition. (1893). History of the Empire of Japan, p. 106.
↑ Nussbaum, "Nagaoka-kyō" at p. 682.
↑ Nussbaum, "Saichō" at p. 805.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Brown, p. 279.
↑ Appert, Georges. (1888). Ancien japon, p. 30.
↑ Nussbaum, "Shoku Nihongi" at p. 883.
↑ Varley, p. 150; Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), 桓武天皇 (50); retrieved 2011-12-27.

Other websites

National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), Mausoleum of Emperor Kammu (in Japanese)

Enryaku	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
	782	783	784	785	786	787	788	789	790	791	792	793	794	795	796	797	798	799	800	801

Enryaku	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th
	802	803	804	805	806

Preceded by:
Ten'ō

Era or nengō:
Enryaku

Succeeded by:
Daidō

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Enryaku" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 181.

[2] Nussbaum, "Kammu Tennō," p. 464; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 86-95; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 277-279; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 148-150.

[3] Nussbaum, "Fujiwara no Uona" at p. 211.

[titsingh86-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Titsingh, p.86; Brown, p. 278.

[5] Imperial Japanese Commission to the World's Columbian Exposition. (1893). History of the Empire of Japan, p. 106.

[6] Nussbaum, "Nagaoka-kyō" at p. 682.

[7] Nussbaum, "Saichō" at p. 805.

[brown279-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Brown, p. 279.

[9] Appert, Georges. (1888). Ancien japon, p. 30.

[10] Nussbaum, "Shoku Nihongi" at p. 883.

[11] Varley, p. 150; Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), 桓武天皇 (50); retrieved 2011-12-27.

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