Eishō (Heian period)

was a  after Kantoku and before Tengi.  This period started in April 1046 and ended in January 1053.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Eishō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 172.  The reigning emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 162-166;  Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 311-314; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 197-198.

Events of the Eishō Era
 1046 (Eishō 1): Minamoto no Yorinobu wrote about the spirit of Emperor Ojin and Iwashimizu Hachiman.Visser, Marinus Willem. (1935). Ancient Buddhism in Japan: Sūtras and Ceremonies in Use in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries A.D. and their History in Later Times, p. 233.
 1048 (Eishō 3): Yorinobu died at the age of 81.Hisamatsu, Senʼichi. (1970). Murasaki Shikibu: the Greatest Lady Writer in Japanese literature, p. 146, citng Nippon Bunkashi Nempyō
 1051 (Eishō 6): In Michinoku, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi was appointed governor; and he was named chinjufu shōgun.Varley, pp. 197-198.

The 11th reconstruction of the Kasuga Shrine in Nara was finished. Gapard, Allan G. (1992). The Protocol of the Gods: a Study of the Kasuga Cult in Japanese History, p. 142.

Related pages
 Heian period

References

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

Eishō1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th  1046  1047  1048  1049  1050  1051  1052
Preceded by:KantokuEra or nengō:EishōSucceeded by:Tengi

Category:Japanese eras