Heiji
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Heiji (平治?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Hōgen and before Eiryaku. This period spanned the years from April 1159 through January 1160.[1] The reigning emperor was Emperor Nijō-tennō (二条天皇?).[2]
Change of era
- January 21, 1159 Heiji gannen (平治元年?): 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.[3]
Events of the Heiji era
- January 23, 1159 (Heiji 1, the 3rd day of the 1st month ): The emperor visited his father.[4]
- January 19–May 5, 1159 (Heiji 1, 9th-26th day of the 12th month): The "Heiji Rebellion",[5] also known as the "Heiji Insurrection" or the "Heiji War."
Notes
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Heiji" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 304, p. 304, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
- ↑ 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.
References
- Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-03460-0; OCLC 251325323
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; 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. ISBN 9780231049405; OCLC 6042764
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Preceded by | Era or nengō Heiji 1159–1160 |
Succeeded by Eiryaku |
