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Period of Japanese history (923?931 CE)
Ench?
(
延長
)
was a
Japanese era name
(
年?
,
neng?
, "year name")
after
Engi
and before
J?hei
.
This period spanned the years from April 923 through April 931.
[1]
The reigning emperors were
Emperor Daigo
-tenn?
(
醍?天皇
)
and
Emperor Suzaku
-tenn?
(
朱雀天皇
)
.
[2]
Change of era
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- January 20, 923
Ench? gannen
(
延長元年
)
: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in
Engi
23, on the 11th day of the intercalary 4th month of 923.
[3]
Events of the
Ench?
era
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- 929
(
Ench? 7, 8th month
): Floods devastated the country and many perished.
[4]
- July 24, 930
(
Ench? 8, 26th day of the 6th month
): A huge black storm cloud traveled from the slopes of Mt. Atago to
Heian-ky?
accompanied by frightful thunder. Lightning struck the Imperial Palace. Both Senior Counselor Fuijwara-no Kiyotsura (also known as Miyoshi no Kiyoyuki) and Middle Controller of the Right Taira-no Mareyo and many other subaltern officers were killed and their bodies were consumed in the subsequent fires. The deaths were construed as an act of revenge by the unsettled spirit of the late
Sugawara no Michizane
.
[5]
- October 16, 930
(
Ench? 8, 22nd day of the 9th month
): In the 34th year of Daigo
-tenn?
'
s reign (醍?天皇34年), the emperor fell ill; and, fearing that he might not survive, Daigo abdicated. At this point, the succession (
senso
) was said to have been received by his son. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Suzaku is said to have acceded to the throne (
sokui
).
[6]
- October 23, 930
(
Ench? 8, 29th day of the 9th month
): Emperor Daigo entered the Buddhist priesthood in the very early morning hours. As a monk, he took the Buddhist name H?-kong?; and shortly thereafter, this humble monk died at the age of 46.
[7]
This monk was buried in the precincts of
Daigo-ji
, which is why the former-emperor's posthumous name became Daigo
-tenn?
.
[4]
Notes
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- ^
Nussbaum, Louis-Frederic. (2005). "
Ench?
" in
Japan Encyclopedia
, p. 177
, p. 177, at
Google Books
; n.b., Louis-Frederic is pseudonym of Louis-Frederic Nussbaum,
see
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File
.
- ^
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834).
Annales des empereurs du japon
, pp. 129?134
; Brown, Delmer
et al.
(1979).
Gukansh?
, p. 291?293; Varley, H. Paul. (1980).
Jinn? Sh?t?ki
, p. 179?181.
- ^
Brown, p. 292; Varley, p. 179.
- ^
a
b
Titsingh,
p. 134.
- ^
Titsingh,
p. 134
; Brown, p. 293; Varley, p. 179?181.
- ^
Brown, p. 293; Varley, p. 44.
- ^
Titsingh,
p. 134
; Brown, p. 292.
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