was a after ''

Kantoku was a after '' Chōkyū'' and before '' Eishō'', This period spanned the years from November 1044 through April 1046. The reigning emperors were and . Change of era * 1044 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. ...

'' and before ''

Tengi was a after '' Eishō'' and before ''Kōhei,'' spanning the years from January 1053 through August 1058. The reigning emperor was . Change of Era * 1053 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era end ...

.'' This period spanned the years from April 1046 through January 1053. The reigning emperor was .

Change of era

* 1046 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Kantoku'' 3, on the 14th day of the 4th month of 1046.

Events of the ''Eishō'' era

* 1046 (''Eishō 1''):

Minamoto no Yorinobu was a samurai commander and member of the powerful Minamoto clan. Along with his brother Yorimitsu, Yorinobu served the regents of the Fujiwara clan, taking the violent measures the Fujiwara were themselves unable to take. He held the title, pas ...

wrote about the spirit of

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and worshiping him as a manifestation of Iwashimizu Hachiman and as one of Yorinobu's ancestors. * 1048 (''Eishō 3''): Yorinobu died at the age of 81. * 1051 (''Eishō 6''): In

Michinoku was an old provinces of Japan, old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima Prefecture, Fukushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Miyagi, Iwate Prefecture, Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno, Akita, Kazuno and Kosaka, Akita, Ko ...

, Abe no Sadatō and Munetō instigate a rebellion which becomes known as the Nine Years' War (1051–1062) because, even though the period of strife lasts for 11 years, the actual fighting lasts for nine years. In response, Minamoto no Yoriyoshi is appointed governor of Mutsu and he is named ''chinjufu shōgun.'' He is given these titles and powers so that he will be able to restore peace in the north. Yoriyoshi would have been the first to receive this specific shogunal title, although his grandfather (

Minamoto no Tsunemoto was a samurai and Imperial Prince during Japan's Heian period, one of the progenitors of the Seiwa Genji branch of the Minamoto clan. He was a son of Sadazumi-shinnō and grandson of Emperor Seiwa. Legend has it that Tsunemoto, in his childhood, ...

) had been ''seitō fuku-shōgun'' (assistant commander for pacification of the east). The eleventh reconstruction of the

Kasuga Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is the shrine of the Fujiwara family, established in 768 CE and rebuilt several times over the centuries. The interior is famous for its many bronze lanterns, as well as the many stone lan ...

Nara The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an " independent federal agency of the United States government within the executive branch", charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It ...

was completed during this era.Gapard, Allan G. (1992).

Notes

References

* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979)
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* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
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* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''

Nihon Odai Ichiran Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

''; 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:

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OCLC 6042764

External links

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