was a
Japanese era name
The , also known as , is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being ""), followed by the literal ...
(年号, ''nengō'', lit. year name) of the
Northern Court during the
Era of Northern and Southern Courts after
Ōan and before
Kōryaku. This period spanned the years from February 1375 through March 1379. The emperor in Kyoto was The
Southern Court
The were a set of four emperors (Emperor Go-Daigo and his line) whose claims to sovereignty during the Nanboku-chō period spanning from 1336 through 1392 were usurped by the Northern Court. This period ended with the Southern Court definitively ...
rival in Yoshino during this time-frame was .
Nanboku-chō overview
During the
Meiji period, an Imperial decree dated March 3, 1911 established that the legitimate reigning monarchs of this period were the direct descendants of
Emperor Go-Daigo through
Emperor Go-Murakami, whose had been established in exile in
Yoshino, near Nara.
[Thomas, Julia Adeney. (2001)]
''Reconfiguring modernity: concepts of nature in Japanese political ideology'', p. 199 n57
citing Mehl, Margaret. (1997). ''History and the State in Nineteenth-Century Japan.'' p. 140-147.
Until the end of the
Edo period, the militarily superior pretender-Emperors supported by the
Ashikaga shogunate had been mistakenly incorporated in Imperial chronologies despite the undisputed fact that the
Imperial Regalia were not in their possession.
This illegitimate had been established in
Kyoto by
Ashikaga Takauji.
Change of era
* 1375, also called : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Ōan'' 8.
In this time frame,
Tenju (1375–1381) was the Southern Court equivalent ''nengō.''
[Titsingh, p. 312.]
Events of the Eiwa era
* 1375 (''Eiwa 1, 3rd month''): Shōgun
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu visits the
Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū where he worships publicly; and he offers a sword for the shrine's treasury, gold foil for the embellishment of the shrine, and racehorses for the shrine's stable.
* 1375 (''Eiwa 2, 4th month''): For the first time, Shōgun Yoshimitsu is permitted to enter the precincts of the Imperial quarters at the Imperial palace in Kyoto.
* 1377 --
Goryeo (Korea) diplomatic envoy
Jeong Mongju met with the in Kyūshū,
Imagawa Ryōshun. The objective of this diplomatic mission was to begin negotiating steps to control pirates (''wakō'').
* 1378 (''Eiwa 4, 3rd month''): Yoshimitsu moves into his new home in Muromachi;
[Titsingh, p. 313.] and the luxurious house and grounds are called ''Hana-no-Gosho''
[Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) ''Lessons from History: The "Tokushi Yoron"'', p. 329.]
Notes
References
*
Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) ''Lessons from History: The
Tokushi Yoron
The is an Edo period historical analysis of Japanese history written in 1712 by Arai Hakuseki (1657–1725).
Hakuseki's innovative effort to understand and explain the history of Japan differs significantly from previous chronologies which were ...
.'' Brisbane:
University of Queensland Press.
* Kang, Jae-eun and Suzanne Lee. (2006). ''The Land of Scholars : Two Thousand Years of Korean Confucianism.'' Paramus, New Jersey: Homa & Sekey Books.
OCLC 60931394* Mehl, Margaret. (1997). ''History and the State in Nineteenth-Century Japan.'' New York:
St Martin's Press
St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, in the Equitable Building. St. Martin's Press is considered one of the largest English-language publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under si ...
.
OCLC 419870136* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia.'' Cambridge:
Harvard University Press.
OCLC 48943301* Thomas, Julia Adeney. (2001). ''Reconfiguring Modernity: Concepts of Nature in Japanese Political Ideology.'' Berkeley:
University of California Press. ;
*
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''
Nihon Odai Ichiran
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
''; ou
''Annales des empereurs du Japon.'' Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
OCLC 5850691
External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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