Heiji

Heiji (平治, Heiji^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Hōgen and before Eiryaku. This period spanned the years from 1159 through 1160. The reigning emperor was Emperor Nijō-tennō (二条天皇, Emperor Nijō-tennō^?).^[1]

[edit] Change of era

Heiji gannen (平治元年, Heiji gannen^?); 1159: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Hōgen 4, on the 20th day of the 4th month of 1159.^[2]

Heiji 1, the 3rd day of the 1st month (1159): The emperor visited his father.^[3]
Heiji 1, 9th-26th day of the 12th month (1159): The Heiji Rebellion,^[4] also known as the Heiji Insurrection or the Heiji War.

^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des emepereurs du japon, pp. 191-194; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 327-329; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 208-212.
^ Brown, p. 328.
^ Titsingh, p. 191.
^ Kitagawa, H. (1975), The Tale of the Heike, p. 783.

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