was a after ''
Bunki'' and before ''
Daiei''. The period spanned the years from February 1504 through August 1521. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* 1504 : The era name was changed to mark the beginning of a new cycle of the
Chinese zodiac. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Bunki'' 4, on the 30th day of the 2nd month.
Events of the ''Eishō'' era
* 1504 (''Eishō 1''): A great famine.
* 1505 (''Eishō 2''):
Noda Castle built.
* 1508 (''Eishō 5, 1st month''): A new revolt in Miyako and the assassination of
Hosokawa Masamoto encouraged former-Shōgun
Ashikaga Yoshitane in believing that this would be a good opportunity to re-take
Heian-kyō. He assembled his troops and marched at their head towards the capital; and by the 6th month of ''Eishō'' 5, he was once more in command of the streets of Miyako. Starting in 1508, Yoshitane is known as the
Muromachi period's 10th shōgun.
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* September 21, 1510 (''Eishō 7, 18th day of the 8th month''): Earthquake at Seionaikai (Latitude: 34.600/Longitude 135.400), 6.7 magnitude on the Surface wave magnitude scale ().history of Japan
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* September 16, 1511 (''Eishō 8, 24th day of the 8th month''): Battle of Funaokayama. Former '' shōgun'' Ashikaga Yoshitane returns from Tanba, fearing that Hosokawa Seiken is planning to attack Heian-kyō. Then, with the assistance of Ōuchi Yoshioki, Yoshitane entered the capital
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* 1512 (''Eishō 9''): Tamanawa Castle built.
* 1513 (''Eishō 10, 5th month''): Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiki changes his name to Yoshitane, by which he is better known to historians.
References
Bibliography
* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
OCLC 48943301
* 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
External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar
– historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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