Einin
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Einin (永仁?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Shōō and before Shōan. This period spanned the years from 1293 through 1299. The reigning emperors were Fushimi-tennō (伏見天皇?)and Go-Fushimi-tennō (後伏見天皇?).[1]
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[edit] Change of era
- Shōji gannen (永仁元年?); 1199: 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 Shō'ō 6.
[edit] Events of the Einen era
- Einin 6, in the 7th month (1298): In the 11th year of Fushimi-tennō's reign (伏見天皇11年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by his son.[2]
- Einin 7 1299): Emperor Go-Fushimi is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’) and the nengō was changed to Shōan to mark the beginning of a new emperor's reign.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 269-274; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 237-238.
- ^ Titsingh, p. 274; Varley, p. 44. [A distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Go-Murakami.]
- ^ Titsingh, p. 274; Varley, p. 44, 238.
- 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 to digital, full-text copy of this book (in French)
- Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [ Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1359], Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley). New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-04940-4
[edit] External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Eikyō | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
| Gregorian | 1293 | 1294 | 1295 | 1296 | 1297 | 1298 | 1299 |
| Preceded by Shōō |
Era or nengō Einin 1293 – 1299 |
Succeeded by Shōan |
