was a after ''
Eiso'' and before ''
Chōtoku
was a after '' Eiso'' and before '' Chōhō.'' This period spanned the years from February 995 through January 999. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* 995 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The pre ...
.'' This period spanned the years from November 990 through February 995. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* 990 : 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 ''Eiso'' 3, on the 7th day of the 11th month of 990.
[Brown, p. 305.]
Events of the ''Shōryaku'' era
* March 1, 991 (''Shōryaku 2, on the 12th day of the 2nd month''): The former-
Emperor En'yū
was the 64th emperor of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 円融天皇 (64)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.
En'yū's reign spanned the years from 969 through 984.
Biography
Before his ascension to the Chry ...
died at the age of 33.
* 992 (''Shōryaku 3''): Nara Governor
Kujō Kanetoshi constructed a new temple complex named
Shoryaku-ji in response to an Imperial edict.
Nara tourism official site/Shoryaku-ji
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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