Eiryaku

was a  after Heiji and before Ōhō.  This period started in January 1160 and ended in September 1161.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Eiryaku" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 172.  During this time, the emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des emepereurs du japon, pp. 191-193; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 328; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 208-212.

Events of the Eiryaku era
 1160 (Eiryaku 1):  Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123–1180), was killed in a campaign to overthrow the imperial chancellor, Taira no Kiyomori; and his wife, Tokiwa Gozen was forced to flee Heian-kyō (Kyoto) with her three sons. Claremont Colleges Digital Library:   Ukiyo-e, Accession No. 93.6.40.

 1161 (Eiryaku 2): The emperor married widow of Emperor Konoe.Titsingh, p. 193.

Related pages
 Heian period

 References 

 Other websites 
 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

 Eryaku  1st  2nd  Gregorian  1160  1161 
Preceded by:HeijiEra or nengō:'EiryakuSucceeded by:Ōhō

Category:Japanese eras