Editing Module:Eien

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (987–988 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Eien'''|永延|}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name|Japanese era]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Kanna (era)|Kanna]]'' and before ''[[Eiso (era)|Eiso]].''  This period spanned the years from April 987 through August 988.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Eien''" 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 Ichijō|Ichijō]]''-tennō''|一条天皇}}.<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. 150-151]; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', p. 302-307; Varely, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', pp. 192-195.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''January 2, 987''' {{nihongo|''Eien gannen''|永延元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 永延一年一月一日 -->: 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 ''Kanna'' 3, on the 5th day of the 4th month in the year 987.<ref>Brown, p. 305.</ref>

==Events of ''Eien'' era==
* '''987''' (''Eien 1, 10th month''): The emperor paid a visit to the home of [[Fujiwara no Kaneie]].<ref name="t150">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 150.]</ref>
* '''987''' (''Eien 1, 11th month''): The emperor visited [[Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū]].<ref name="t150"/>
* '''987''' (''Eien 1, 12th month''): The emperor visited the [[Kamo Shrine]].<ref name="t150"/>
* '''988''' (''Eien 2, 8th month''): Fujiwara no Kaneie invited a number of courtiers to his home where he entertained them in a grand manner.<ref name="t150"/>
* '''988''' (''Eien 2, 11th month''): The emperor visited the home of Kaneie to join him in celebrating the courtier's 60th birthday.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 151.]</ref>

==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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|years=987–988
|after=[[Eiso (era)|Eiso]]
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