Editing Module:Enryaku

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (782–806 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Enryaku'''|延暦}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Ten'ō]]'' and before ''[[Daidō]]''. This period spanned the years from August 782 through May 806.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Enryaku''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 181|page=181}}; 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 Kanmu|Kanmu]]''-tennō''|桓武天皇}}.<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. 86]–95; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 277–279; Varley, H. Paul. ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', pp. 148–150.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''12 November 782''' {{nihongo|''Enryaku gannen''|延暦元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 延暦一年十月三日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Ten'ō '' 2, on the 19th day of the 8th month of 782.<ref>Brown, p. 278.</ref>

==Events of the ''Enryaku'' era==
* '''782''' (''Enryaku 1, 6th month''): The ''[[sadaijin]]'' [[Fujiwara no Uona]] was removed from his office and exiled to [[Kyushu]]. Some time later, the emperor did permit him to return to the capital. Fujiwara died there following his return. In the same general time frame, [[Fujiwara no Tamaro]] was named ''[[udaijin]]''. During these days in which the offices of ''sadaijin'' and ''udaijin'' were vacant, the major counselors (the ''[[dainagon]]'') and the emperor assumed responsibilities and powers which would have been otherwise delegated.<ref name="t86">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p.86.]</ref>
* '''783''' (''Enryaku 3, in the 3rd month''): The ''udaijin'' Tamaro died at the age of 62 years.<ref name="t86"/>
* '''783''' (''Enryaku 3, in the 7th month''): [[Fujiwara no Korekimi]] became the new ''udaijin'' to replace the late Fujiwara no Tamaro.<ref name="t86"/>
* '''793''' (''Enryaku 12''): Under the leadership of the Buddhist priest Dengyō, construction is begun on the Enryaku Temple.<ref  name="b279">Brown, p. 279.</ref>
* '''December 17, 794''' (''Enryaku 13, 21st day of the 10th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 延暦十三年十一月二十一日  -->: The Emperor moves by carriage in a grand procession from Nara to Heian-kyō.<ref  name="b279"/>
* '''796''' (''Enryaku 15''): Additional copper coins were put into  circulation, each bearing the legend ''Ren-hei Ei-hō''.<ref>Appert, Georges ''et al.'' (1888). ''Ancien japon'', p. 30.</ref>
* '''806''' (''Enryaku 25''): Emperor Kanmu's reign lasted for 25 years. He died at the age of 70.<ref>Varley, p. 150.</ref> He was buried to the south of Heian-kyō, in the neighborhood of Momoyama; but the actual location became uncertain. In 1894, another tomb was created when the [[Heian Shrine]] was rebuilt. His spirit is said to rest in peace next to the tomb of [[Emperor Meiji]] at this shrine.<ref>Lowe, John. (2000). ''Old Kyoto: A Short Social History'', pp. 10–11.</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* Appert, Georges and Hiroshi Kinoshita. (1888). ''Ancien japon''. Tokyo: Kokubunsha. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/458497085 OCLC 458497085]
* 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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