was a after '' Ten-ei'' and before ''

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.'' This period spanned the years from July 1113 through April 1118. The reigning emperor was .

Change of Era

* January 20, 1113 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Ten'ei'' 4, on the thirteenth day of the seventh month of 1113.Brown, p. 321.

Events of the ''Eikyū'' Era

* 1113 (''Eikyū 1, 4th month''): Fujiwara Tadasane was named '' kampaku''.Titsingh
p. 179.
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and the

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. When the emperor visits

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shrines, it is always a pleasure party for him. Without this pretext, court etiquette did not permit him to leave the palace. * 1113 (''Eikyū 1, 10th month''): Toba visited the temples on

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in the vicinity of Kyoto. * 1113 (''Eikyū 1, 11th month ''): Toba visited the Inari Shrine and the

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Notes

References

* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979)
''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past.''
Berkeley: University of California Press.
OCLC 251325323
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''
Cambridge:

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.
OCLC 58053128
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''

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''; 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:

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OCLC 6042764

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, "The Japanese Calendar
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