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Period of Japanese history (987–988 CE)

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::summary Period of Japanese history (987–988 CE) ::

Eien was a Japanese era after Kanna and before Eiso. This period spanned the years from April 987 through August 988. The reigning emperor was Ichijō-tennō.

Change of era

January 2, 987 Eien gannen: 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 Kanna 3, on the 5th day of the 4th month in the year 987.

Events of ''Eien'' era

987 (Eien 1, 10th month): The emperor paid a visit to the home of Fujiwara no Kaneie.
987 (Eien 1, 11th month): The emperor visited Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū.
987 (Eien 1, 12th month): The emperor visited the Kamo Shrine.
988 (Eien 2, 8th month): Fujiwara no Kaneie invited a number of courtiers to his home where he entertained them in a grand manner.
988 (Eien 2, 11th month): The emperor visited the home of Kaneie to join him in celebrating the courtier's 60th birthday.

Notes

References

Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. ; OCLC 251325323
Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. ; OCLC 6042764

References

Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Eien''" in {{Google books. p2QnPijAEmEC. ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 170
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 ''Annales des empereurs du japon'', pp. 150-151]; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', p. 302-307; Varely, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', pp. 192-195.
Brown, p. 305.
Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 p. 150.]
Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 p. 151.]

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