was a after '' Ten'ō'' and before '' Daidō''. This period spanned the years from August 782 through May 806. The reigning emperor was .

Change of era

* 12 November 782 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Ten'ō '' 2, on the 19th day of the 8th month of 782.

Events of the ''Enryaku'' era

* 782 (''Enryaku 1, 6th month''): The '' sadaijin'' Fujiwara no Uona was removed from his office and exiled to

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. Some time later, the emperor did permit him to return to the capital. Fujiwara died there following his return. In the same general time frame, Fujiwara no Tamaro was named '' udaijin''. During these days in which the offices of ''sadaijin'' and ''udaijin'' were vacant, the major counselors (the ''

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'') and the emperor assumed responsibilities and powers which would have been otherwise delegated.Titsingh
p.86.
/ref> * 783 (''Enryaku 3, in the 3rd month''): The ''udaijin'' Tamaro died at the age of 62 years. * 783 (''Enryaku 3, in the 7th month''): Fujiwara no Korekimi became the new ''udaijin'' to replace the late Fujiwara no Tamaro. * 793 (''Enryaku 12''): Under the leadership of the Buddhist priest Dengyō, construction is begun on the Enryaku Temple.Brown, p. 279. * December 17, 794 (''Enryaku 13, 21st day of the 10th month''): The Emperor moves by carriage in a grand procession from Nara to Heian-kyō. * 796 (''Enryaku 15''): Additional copper coins were put into circulation, each bearing the legend ''Ren-hei Ei-hō''. * 806 (''Enryaku 25''): Emperor Kanmu's reign lasted for 25 years. He died at the age of 70. He was buried to the south of Heian-kyō, in the neighborhood of Momoyama; but the actual location became uncertain. In 1894, another tomb was created when the Heian Shrine was rebuilt. His spirit is said to rest in peace next to the tomb of

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at this shrine.Lowe, John. (2000). ''Old Kyoto: A Short Social History'', pp. 10–11.

Notes

References

* Appert, Georges and Hiroshi Kinoshita. (1888). ''Ancien japon''. Tokyo: Kokubunsha
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* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979)
''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past''.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
OCLC 251325323
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia''.
Cambridge:

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OCLC 58053128
* 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
* Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa''. New York:

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.
OCLC 6042764

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