was a after ''
Jiryaku
was a after '' Kōhei'' and before '' Enkyū.'' This period spanned the years from August 1065 through April 1069. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of Era
* 1065 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The ...
'' and before ''
Jōhō.'' This period spanned the years from April 1069 through August 1074. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of Era
* 1069 (): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Jiryaku'' 5, on the 13th day of the 4th month of 1069.
Events of the ''Enkyū'' Era
* 1069 (''Enkyū 1''): The consort of the newly elevated emperor was raised to the status of ''chūgū.
* 1072 (''Enkyū 4, 8th day of the 12th month''): In the 6th year of Emperor Go-Sanjō''-tennō''s reign (桓武天皇6年), the emperor in favor of his son, and the succession (''senso'') was received by his son. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Shirakawa is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'').
[Titsingh, p. 169; Brown, p. 314; Varley, p. 44.]
* 1073 (''Enkyū 5, 21st day of the 4th month''): Go-Sanjō entered the Buddhist priesthood; and his new priestly name became Kongō-gyō.
[Brown, p. 315.]
* 1073 (''Enkyū 5, 7th day of the 5th month''): The former-Emperor Go-Sanjō died at the age of 40.
References
Sources
* 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
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The pres ...
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OCLC 58053128*
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''
Nihon Odai Ichiran
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''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
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OCLC 6042764
External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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