was a after ''
Hōgen'' and before ''
Eiryaku
was a after ''Heiji'' and before '' Ōhō.'' This period spanned the years from January 1160 through September 1161. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* February 9, 1160 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of ev ...
.'' This period lasted from April 1159 until January 1160. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* January 21, 1159 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Hōgen 4, on the 20th day of the 4th month of 1159.
Events of the ''Heiji'' era
* January 23, 1159 (''Heiji 1, the 3rd day of the 1st month ''): The emperor visited his father.
* January 19–May 5, 1159 (''Heiji 1, 9th-26th day of the 12th month''): The
"''Heiji'' Rebellion",
[Kitagawa, H. (1975), ''The Tale of the Heike'', p. 783.] also known as the "''Heiji'' Insurrection" or the "''Heiji'' War."
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:
Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. After the retir ...
.
OCLC 58053128*
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''
Nihon Odai 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
Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by Jennifer Crewe (2014–present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fiel ...
.
OCLC 6042764
External links
*
National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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