Editing Module:Eikyō

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1429–1441)}}
{{History of Japan |image=Shoso-in.jpg |caption=[[Shōsōin]]}}

{{nihongo|'''Eikyō'''|永享|}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|"year" name|}} after ''[[Shōchō]]'' and before ''[[Kakitsu]]''.   This period spanned the years from September 1429 through February 1441.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Eikyō''" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA171&dq=  ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 171]; 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 Go-Hanazono of Japan|Go-Hanazono]]''-tennō''|後花園天皇|}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA331,M1  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 331]–340.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''1429''' {{nihongo|''Eikyō gannen''|永享元年|}}: The era name was changed to mark the beginning of the reign of Emperor Go-Hanazono. The previous era ended and a new era commenced in ''Shōchō 1'', on the 29th day of the 7th month, when the new emperor was proclaimed.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA332,M1  p. 332.]</ref>

==Events of the ''Eikyō'' era==
* '''April 14, 1429''' (''Eikyō 1, 9th day of the 3rd month'')<!-- NengoCalc 永享九年三月九日  -->: [[Ashikaga Yoshinori|Ashikaga Yoshinobu]] is honored in court; and thereafter, he is known as [[Ashikaga Yoshinori|Yoshinori]].<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA333,M1  p. 333.]</ref>
* '''1429''': Yoshinori appointed shōgun.<ref name="a330">Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) ''Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron'', p. 330.</ref>
* '''1430''': Southern army surrenders.<ref name="a330"/>
* '''1432''': [[Akamatsu Mitsusuke]] flees; Yoshinori receives rescript from China.<ref>Ackroyd, p. 330; Keene, [https://books.google.com/books?id=KSLMr2vxIfwC&pg=PA15&vq=yoshinori&dq=ashikaga+yoshinori&source=gbs_search_r&cad=0_1&sig=n5cCY8a4rOUHRgvzgvOZTgSx9Zc#PPA78,M1  p. 78]</ref>
* '''1433''' (''Eikyō 5, 6th month''):  The [[Emperor of China]] addressed a letter to ''[[shōgun]]'' Yoshinori in which, as a conventional aspect of the [[foreign relations of Imperial China]], the Chinese assume that the head of the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] is effectively the "king of Japan".<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA335,M1  p. 335.]</ref>
* '''1433''': Ōtomo rebels; Hieizan monks rebel.<ref name="a330"/>
* '''1434''': Tosenbugyo established to regulate foreign affairs.<ref name="k1">Kinihara, Misako. [http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110006000558/en/ ''The Establishment of the Tosen-bugyō in the Reign of Ashikaga Yoshinori'' (唐船奉行の成立 : 足利義教による飯尾貞連の登用)], ''Tokyo Woman's Christian University: Essays and Studies''. Abstract.</ref>
* '''1436''': Yasaka Pagoda at Hokanji in Kyoto destroyed by fire.<ref name="yp1">[http://www.2000cranes.com/Kyoto_Mist/KM_april_2001.htm Yasaka Pagoda, Kyoto.]</ref>
* '''1438''': Kantō ''[[Kanrei]]'' (Kantō administrator) [[Ashikaga Mochiuji]] rebels against Muromachi shogunate, also known as {{nihongo|[[Eikyō Rebellion]]|永享の乱|Eikyō-no-ran}} .<ref>Ackroyd, p. 330; Nussbaum, "''Eikyō-no-ran''" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA171&dq=  ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 171.]</ref>
* '''1439''': Mochiuji is defeated, and he commits suicide; dissatisfaction with Yoshinori grows.<ref>Ackroyd, p. 330; [http://www.kamakuratoday.com/e/sightseeing/hokokuji.html  Mochiuji's suicide at Hokoku-ji] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204537/http://www.kamakuratoday.com/e/sightseeing/hokokuji.html |date=2016-03-03 }}</ref>
* '''1440''': Yasaka Pagoda at Hokanji in Kyoto re-constructed by Yoshinori.<ref name="yp1"/>
* '''1441''': Yoshinori grants Shimazu suzerainty over Ryukyu Islands; Akamatsu murders Yoshinori—Kakitsu Incident; Yamana kills Akamatsu.<ref>Ackroyd, p. 330; Okinawa Prefecture (2004).[http://www.pref.okinawa.jp/english/thisis/images/this_is_okinawa.pdf  ''This is Okinawa'', p.3.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229000555/http://www.pref.okinawa.jp/english/thisis/images/this_is_okinawa.pdf |date=2008-02-29 }}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia''. Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48943301/editions?editionsView=true&referer=br OCLC 48943301]
* [[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac]]. (1834). ''[[Nihon Ōdai Ichiran]]''; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=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]

==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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