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Eishō (永正) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Bunki and before Daiei. The period started in February 1504 and ended in August 1521. During this time, the emperor was Go-Kashiwabara-tennō (後柏原天皇).

Events of the Eishō era

  • 1504 (Eishō 1): A great famine.
  • 1508 (Eishō 5, 1st month): Ashikaga Yoshitane led troops into Kyoto.
  • 21 September 1510 (Eishō 7, 18th day of the 8th month): Earthquake at Seionaikai (Latitude: 34.600/Longitude 135.400), 6.7 magnitude on the Richter Scale.
  • 10 October 1510 (Eishō 7, 8th day of the 9th month): Earthquake in the Enshunada Sea (Latitude: 34.500/Longitude: 137.600), 7.0 on the Richter Scale.
  • 1511 (Eishō 8, 2nd month): Yoshida Kanetomo died at the age of 77.
Mt.Funaoka (Kyoto, Japan)
In the 8th year of Eishō, a battle was fought at Mount Funaoka (Funaokayama) in Kyoto
  • 16 September 1511 (Eishō 8, 24th day of the 8th month): Battle of Funaokayama.

Related pages

  • National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
Eishō 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th
1504 1505 1506 1507 1508 1509 1510 1511 1512 1513 1514 1515 1516 1517 1518 1519 1520 1521
Preceded by:
Bunki
Era or nengō:
Eishō
Succeeded by:
Daiei
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