Editing Module:Daiji (era)

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1126-1131 AD)}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Daiji'''''| 大治}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Tenji (era)|Tenji]]'' and before ''[[Tenshō (Heian period)|Tenshō]].''  This period spanned the years from January 1126 through January 1131.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Daiji''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 139|page=139}}; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'' [https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File].</ref> The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|[[Emperor Sutoku of Japan|Sutoku]]''-tennō''|崇徳天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  ''Annales des emepereurs du japon'', pp. 181]-185; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 322-324; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', pp. 204-205.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''January 25, 1126''' {{nihongo|''Daiji gannen''|大治元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 大治一年一月一日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Tenji'' 3, on the 22nd day of the 1st month of 1126.<ref name="b323">Brown, p. 323.</ref>

==Events of the ''Daiji'' era==
* '''1128''' (''Daiji 3, in the 3rd month''): Taiken-mon In ordered the construction of [[Enshō-ji (Antei)|Enshō-ji]] in fulfillment of a sacred vow.<ref name="t185">Titsigh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 185.]</ref> This was one in a series of "sacred vow temples" (''gogan-ji'') built by imperial command following a precedent established by [[Emperor Shirakawa]], who established and developed the [[Hosshō-ji]] complex.<ref>Varley, p. 200; the six ''gogan-ji'' ("superiority" temples) were: 1. [[Hosshō-ji]] (Superiority of Buddhist Law); 2. [[Sonshō-ji]] (Superiority of Worship); 3. [[Saishō-ji]] (Most Superior); 4. [[Enshō-ji (Antei)|Enshō-ji]] (Superiority of Perfection); 5. [[Jōshō-ji]] (Superirority of Becoming); 6. [[Enshō-ji (Kenchō)|Enshō-ji]] (Superiority of Duration).</ref>
* '''1128''' (''Daiji 3, 6th month''): Fujiwara Tadamichi is relieved of his responsibilities and duties as ''[[sesshō]]'' (regent); and simultaneously, Tadamichi is named ''[[kampaku]].''<ref name="t185"/>
* '''July 24, 1129''' (''Daiji 4, 7th day of the 7th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 大治四年七月七日 -->: The former-Emperor Shirakawa died at the age of 77.<ref name="b323" />

==Notes==
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==References==
* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). [https://books.google.com/books?id=w4f5FrmIJKIC&q=Gukansho  ''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past.''] Berkeley: University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-03460-0}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/251325323  OCLC 251325323]
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC  ''Japan encyclopedia.''] Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition  OCLC 58053128]
* [[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac.]] (1834). ''[[Nihon Odai Ichiran]]''; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon.'']  Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]
* [[H. Paul Varley|Varley, H. Paul]]. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa.'' New York: [[Columbia University Press]]. {{ISBN|9780231049405}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6042764  OCLC 6042764]

==External links==
* [[National Diet Library]], "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]

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