Eikan

was a after '' Tengen'' and before '' Kanna.'' This period spanned the years from April 983 through April 985. The reigning emperors were and .

Change of era

* February 16, 983 ]: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Tengen'' 6, on the 15th day of the 4th month of 983.

Events of the ''Eikan'' era

* October 6, 983 (''Eikan 1, 27th day of the 8th month''): In the 15th year of Emperor En'yu's reign (円融天皇15年), he abdicated; and the succession (''senso'') was received by a nephew. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Kazan is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'').
* September/October 983 (''Eikan 1, 8th month''): Chōnen, the Buddhist monk of the Tendai, Tendai school embarked on a voyage to China accompanied by 5 or 6 disciples.Iwao, Seiichi ''et al.'' (2002).

Notes

References

* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979)
''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past''.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
OCLC 251325323
* Iwao, Seiichi. (2002)
''Dictionnaire historique du Japon'' (Vol. I) (Vol. II)
(with Teizō Iyanaga, Susumu Ishii, Shōichirō Yoshida ''et al.''). Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose.
OCLC 51096469
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia''.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
OCLC 58053128
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Nihon Ōdai Ichiran''; ou
''Annales des empereurs du Japon''.
Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
OCLC 5850691
* Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa''. New York: Columbia University Press.
OCLC 6042764

External links

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

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