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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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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.
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
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References
- Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| 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 |
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