Eikyō

Change of era
  • 1429 Eikyō gannen (永享元年): The era name was changed to mark the beginning of the reign of Emperor Go-Hanazono. The previous era ended and a new era commenced in Shōchō 1, on the 29th day of the 7th month, when the new emperor was proclaimed.[3]

Events of the Eikyō era
  • April 14, 1429 (Eikyō 1, 9th day of the 3rd month): Ashikaga Yoshinobu is honored in court; and thereafter, he is known as Yoshinori.[4]
  • 1429: Yoshinori appointed shōgun.[5]
  • 1430: Southern army surrenders.[5]
  • 1432: Akamatsu Mitsusuke flees; Yoshinori receives rescript from China.[6]
  • 1433 (Eikyō 5, 6th month): The Emperor of China addressed a letter to shōgun Yoshinori in which, as a conventional aspect of the foreign relations of Imperial China, the Chinese assume that the head of the Ashikaga shogunate is effectively the "king of Japan".[7]
  • 1433: Ōtomo rebels; Hieizan monks rebel.[5]
  • 1434: Tosenbugyo established to regulate foreign affairs.[8]
  • 1436: Yasaka Pagoda at Hokanji in Kyoto destroyed by fire.[9]
  • 1438: Kantō Kanrei (Kantō administrator) Ashikaga Mochiuji rebels against Muromachi shogunate, also known as Eikyō Rebellion (永享の乱, Eikyō-no-ran) .[10]
  • 1439: Mochiuji is defeated, and he commits suicide; dissatisfaction with Yoshinori grows.[11]
  • 1440: Yasaka Pagoda at Hokanji in Kyoto re-constructed by Yoshinori.[9]
  • 1441: Yoshinori grants Shimazu suzerainty over Ryukyu Islands; Akamatsu murders Yoshinori—Kakitsu Incident; Yamana kills Akamatsu.[12]

Notes
  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Eikyō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 171; 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. 331–340.
  3. Titsingh, p. 332.
  4. Titsingh, p. 333.
  5. Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron, p. 330.
  6. Ackroyd, p. 330; Keene, p. 78
  7. Titsingh, p. 335.
  8. Kinihara, Misako. The Establishment of the Tosen-bugyō in the Reign of Ashikaga Yoshinori" (唐船奉行の成立 : 足利義教による飯尾貞連の登用), Tokyo Woman's Christian University: Essays and Studies. Abstract.
  9. Yasaka Pagoda, Kyoto.
  10. Ackroyd, p. 330; Nussbaum, "Eikyō-no-ran" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 171.
  11. Ackroyd, p. 330; Mochiuji's suicide at Hokoku-ji
  12. Ackroyd, p. 330; Okinawa Prefecture (2004).This is Okinawa, p.3. Archived 2008-02-29 at the Wayback Machine
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References
  • Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
  • Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
Preceded by
Shōchō		 Era or nengō
Eikyō
1429–1441		 Succeeded by
Kakitsu
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