Ōei

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Ōei (応永Ōei?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Meitoku and before Shōchō. This period spanned the years from 1394 through 1428. Reigning emperors were Go-Komatsu-tennō (後小松天皇,?) and Shōkō-tennō (称光天皇?).[1]

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[edit] Change of era

  • 1394 Ōei gannen (応永元年?): The new era name was created because of plague. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Meitoku 5, the 5th day of the 7th month.

[edit] Events of the Ōei era

  • May 13, 1397 (Ōei 4, on the 16th day of the 4th month): Construction begun on Kinkaku-ji.
  • November 18, 1399 (Ōei 6, on the 28th day of the 10th month): Ōei Rebellion begins. Ōuchi Yoshiharu raises an army against Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
  • July 4, 1401 (Ōei 8, on the 13th day of the 5th month): Yoshimitsu sends a diplomatic mission to China as a tentative first step in re-initiating trade between Japan and Ming China.
  • October 5, 1412 (Ōei 18, on the 18th day of the 9th month): Emperor Shōkō became emperor upon the abdication of his father, Emperor Go-Komatsu. His actual coronation date was two years later. Shōkō was only 12 years old when he began living in the daïri; but Go-Komatsu, as a Cloistered Emperor still retained direction of the court and the Shogun was charged with the general superintendence of affairs.[2]
  • 1413 (Ōei 20): Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimochi fell ill, and so he sent an ambassador to the Ise Shrine to pray for the return of his health.[3]
  • January 29, 1415 (Ōei 21, on the 19th day of the 12th month): Enthronement of Emperor Shōkō.
  • July 18, 1419 (Ōei 26, on the 26th day of the 6th month): Oei Invasion. Korea invaded Tsushima Province.
  • 1423 (Ōei 30): Shogun Yoshimochi retires in favor of his son, Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, who is 17 years old.[4]
  • March 17, 1425 (Ōei 32, on the 27th day of the 2nd month): Shogun Yoshikatsu died at the age of 19 years, having administered the empire for only three years.[5]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 317-327.
  2. ^ Titsingh, p. 327.
  3. ^ Titsingh, p. 328.
  4. ^ Titsingh, p.329.
  5. ^ Titsingh, p. 330.

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Ōei 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Gregorian 1394 1395 1396 1397 1398 1399 1400 1401 1402 1403 1404 1405 1406 1407 1408 1409 1410 1411 1412 1413
Ōei 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th
Gregorian 1414 1415 1416 1417 1418 1419 1420 1421 1422 1423 1424 1425 1426 1427 1428

Preceded by:
Meitoku

Era or nengō:
Ōei

Succeeded by:
Shōchō


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