Eikan

Eikan (永観) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Tengen and before Kanna. This period spanned the years from April 983 through April 985.[1] The reigning emperors were En'yū-tennō (円融天皇) and Kazan-tennō (花山天皇).[2]

Change of era

Events of the Eikan era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Eikan" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 171, p. 171, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 144–148; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 299–300; Varely, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 191–192.
  3. Brown, p. 300.
  4. Titsingh, p. 148; Brown, pp. 300; 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 Emperor Go-Murakami.
  5. Iwao, Seiichi et al. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon, Vol. 1, p. 304., p. 304, at Google Books

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Preceded by
Tengen
Era or nengō
Eikan

983–985
Succeeded by
Kanna
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