Editing Module:Eichō

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1096-1097 AD)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Eichō'''|永長}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name|Japanese era]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Kahō]]'' and before ''[[Jōtoku]]''. This period spanned the years from December 1096 through November 1097.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Eichō''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 170|page=170}}; 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 Horikawa]]''-tennō''|堀河天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 172–176]; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', p. 319; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', p. 202.</ref>

==Change of Era==
* '''January 28, 1096''' {{nihongo|''Eichō gannen''|永長元年}}<!-- NengoCalc  永長一年一月一日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Kahō'' 3, on the 17th day of the 12th month of 1096.<ref>Brown, p. 319.</ref>

==Events of the ''Eichō'' Era==
* '''1096''' (''Eichō 1''): The ''[[kampaku]]'' [[Fujiwara no Moromichi]] was raised to the second rank of the first class<ref name="t176">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 176]; Waseda/Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, [http://www.waseda.jp/enpaku/english/e-japan.html Dengaku] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130111202057/www.waseda.jp/enpaku/english/e-japan.html |date=2013-01-11 }}.</ref>
* '''1096''' (''Eichō 1''): During the summer, a series of great [[dengaku]] dance performances unfolded in the streets and in open areas near the city. The participants were drawn from the aristocracy and from the common people; and even the former emperor joined along with members of the Imperial court.<ref name="t176" />

==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 Ōdai 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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