Editing Module:Eishō (Muromachi period)

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1504–1521)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Eishō'''|永正|}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号| ''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Bunki]]'' and before ''[[Daiei (era)|Daiei]]''. The period spanned the years from February 1504 through August 1521.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Eishō''" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA172&dq=  ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 172]; 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-Kashiwabara of Japan|Go-Kashiwabara]]''-tennō''|後柏原天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA364,M1  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 364]–370.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''1504''' {{nihongo|''Eishō gannen''|永正元年}}: The era name was changed to mark the beginning of a new cycle of the [[Chinese astrology|Chinese zodiac]]. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Bunki'' 4, on the 30th day of the 2nd month.

==Events of the ''Eishō'' era==
* '''1504''' (''Eishō 1''): A great famine.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA365,M1  p. 365.]</ref>
* '''1505''' (''Eishō 2''): [[Noda Castle]] built.
* '''1508''' (''Eishō 5, 1st month''):  A new revolt in Miyako and the assassination of [[Hosokawa Masamoto]] encouraged former-Shōgun [[Ashikaga Yoshitane]] in believing that this would be a good opportunity to re-take [[Heian-kyō]]. He assembled his troops and marched at their head towards the capital; and by the 6th month of ''Eishō'' 5, he was once more in command of the streets of Miyako. Starting in 1508, Yoshitane is known as the [[Muromachi period]]'s 10th shōgun.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA367,M1  p. 367.]</ref>
* '''September 21, 1510''' (''Eishō 7, 18th day of the 8th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 永正七年八月十八日 -->: Earthquake at Seionaikai (Latitude: 34.600/Longitude 135.400), 6.7 magnitude on the [[Surface wave magnitude]] scale ({{M|s}}).<ref name="NOAA">{{cite web|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-data?maxYear=1510&minYear=1510&country=JAPAN|title=Search results Year=1510, Country=Japan|last= National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.| date=1972 | publisher=NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K|access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref>
* '''October 10, 1510''' (''Eishō 7, 8th day of the 9th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 永正七年九月八日  -->: Earthquake in the [[Enshunada Sea]] (Latitude: 34.500/Longitude: 137.600), 7.0 {{M|s}}.<ref name="NOAA"/>
*'''1511''' (''Eishō 8, 2nd month''): priest [[Yoshida Kanetomo]] died at the age of 77, which was considered a significant event in the chronicles of the Imperial [[history of Japan]].<ref name="titsingh368">Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ| p. 368.|page=368}}; aka Ourabe no Kane tomo</ref>
* '''September 16, 1511''' (''Eishō 8, 24th day of the 8th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 永正八年八月二十四日  -->: [[Battle of Funaokayama]]. Former ''[[shōgun]]'' [[Ashikaga Yoshitane]] returns from [[Tanba Province|Tanba]],  fearing that [[Hosokawa Seiken]] is planning to attack Heian-kyō. Then, with the assistance of [[Ōuchi Yoshioki]], Yoshitane entered [[Kyoto|the capital]].<ref name="t368">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA368,M1  p. 368.]</ref>
* '''1512''' (''Eishō 9''): [[Tamanawa Castle]] built.
* '''1513''' (''Eishō 10, 5th month''): Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiki changes his name to [[Ashikaga Yoshitane|Yoshitane]], by which he is better known to historians.<ref name="t368"/>

==References==
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===Bibliography===
* 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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