Engi (延喜?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Shōtai and before Enchō. This period started in July 901 and ended in April 923.[1] The reigning emperors were Daigo-tennō (醍醐天皇?).[2]
Events of the Engi era [change]
- 1 February 901 (Engi 1, 1st day of the 1st month): There was an eclipse of the Sun.[3]
- 901 (Engi 1): The Sugawara Michizane "incident" developed; but more details cannot be known. Emperor Daigo ordered that diaries and records were burned.[4]
- May 905 (Engi 5, 4th month): Ki-no Tsurayuki presented the emperor with a collection of waka poetry called the Kokin Wakashū.[5]
- 909 (Engi 9, 4th month): Fujiwara no Tokihira died at age 39. He had held the office of Miniser of the Left (sadaijin).[5]
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References [change]
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Engi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 178.
- ↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 129-134; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gokanshō, pp. 291-293; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 179-181.
- ↑ Titsingh, p. 131.
- ↑ Brown, p. 293.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Titsingh, p. 132.
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