Ōei
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Ōei (応永Ōei?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Meitoku and before Shōchō. This period spanned the years from 1394 through 1428. Reigning emperors were Go-Komatsu-tennō (後小松天皇,?) and Shōkō-tennō (称光天皇?).[1]
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[edit] Change of era
- Ōei gannen (応永元年?); 1394: The new era name was created because of plague. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Meitoku 5, the 5th day of the 7th month.
[edit] Events of the Ōei era
- Ōei 4, on the 16th day of the 4th month (1397): Construction begun on Kinkaku-ji.
- Ōei 6, on the 28th day of the 10th month (1399): Ōei Rebellion begins. Ōuchi Yoshiharu raises an army against Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
- Ōei 8, on the 13th day of the 5th month (1401): Yoshimitsu sends a diplomatic mission to China as a tentative first step in re-initiating trade between Japan and Ming China.
- Ōei 18, in the 10th month (October 5, 1412): Emperor Shōkō became emperor upon the abdication of his father, Emperor Go-Komatsu. His actual coronation date was two years later. Shōkō was only 12 years old when he began living in the daïri; but Go-Komatsu, as a Cloistered Emperor still retained direction of the court and the Shogun was charged with the general superintendence of affairs.[2]
- Ōei 20 (1413): Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimochi fell ill, and so he sent an ambassador to the Ise Shrine to pray for the return of his health.[3]
- Ōei 21, on the 19th day of the 12th month (1414): Enthronement of Emperor Shōkō.
- Ōei 26, on the 26th day of the 6th month (1419): Oei Invasion. Korea invaded Tsushima Province.
- Ōei 30 (1423): Shogun Yoshimochi retires in favor of his son, Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, who is 17 years old.[4]
- Ōei 32, on the 27th day of the 2nd month (1425): Shogun Yoshikatsu died at the age of 19 years, having administered the empire for only three years.[5]
[edit] References
- Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. ... Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)
[edit] External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
Ōei | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
Gregorian | 1394 | 1395 | 1396 | 1397 | 1398 | 1399 | 1400 | 1401 | 1402 | 1403 | 1404 | 1405 | 1406 | 1407 | 1408 | 1409 | 1410 | 1411 | 1412 | 1413 |
Ōei | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31th | 32th | 33th | 34th | 35th |
Gregorian | 1414 | 1415 | 1416 | 1417 | 1418 | 1419 | 1420 | 1421 | 1422 | 1423 | 1424 | 1425 | 1426 | 1427 | 1428 |
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