was a after ''
Shōō'' and before ''
Shōan.'' This period spanned the years from August 1293 through April 1299. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* 1293 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Shō'ō'' 6. The era name is derived from the ''
Book of Jin
The ''Book of Jin'' is an official Chinese historical text covering the history of the Jin dynasty (266–420), Jin dynasty from 266 to 420. It was compiled in 648 by a number of officials commissioned by the imperial court of the Tang dynasty, ...
'' and combines the characters ("eternity") and ("benevolence").
Events of the ''Einen'' era
* August 30, 1298 (''Einin 6, 22nd day of the 7th month''): In the 11th year of Fushimi''-tennō''s reign (伏見天皇11年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (''senso'') was received by his son.
* November 17, 1298 (''Einin 6, 13th day of the 10th month''): Emperor Go-Fushimi is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'') and the ''
nengō
The or , is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being "", meaning "origin, basis"), followed b ...
'' was changed to ''
Shōan'' to mark the beginning of a new emperor's reign.
* 1299 (''Einin 7''): The 8th rector of the nunnery at
Hokkeji died.
[Meeks, Lori Rachelle. (2010). ]
Notes
References
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''Cambridge:
Harvard University Press
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The pres ...
.
OCLC 58053128*
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''
Nihon Odai Ichiran
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''; 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
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.
OCLC 6042764
External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
Japanese eras
1290s in Japan
13th-century neologisms
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