Daiei (era)

Daiei (大永, Daiei^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Eishō and before Kyōroku. This period spanned the years from 1521 through 1528. The reigning emperors were Go-Kashiwabara-tennō (後柏原天皇, Go-Kashiwabara-tennō^?) and Go-Nara-tennō (後奈良天皇, Go-Nara-tennō^?).^[1]

Change of era

• Daiei gannen (大永元年, Daiei gannen^?); 1521: The era name was changed because of the calamities of war and natural disasters. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Eishō 18, on the 23rd day of the 8th month.

Events of the Daiei era

• Daiei 5, on the 1st day of the 1st month (1525): All ceremonies in the court were suspended because of the lack of funds to support them.^[2]
  • Daiei 5, on the 7th day of the 4th month (1525): Go-Kashiwabara died at the age of 63 years. He had reigned 26 years; that is, his reign lasted 3 years in the nengō Bunki, 17 years in the nengō Eishō, and 6 years in the nengo Daiei. The emperor was found dead in his archives.^[2]
    • Daiei 6, on the 14th day of the 4th month (1526): Imagawa Ujichika, Shugo of Suruga Province establishes 33-article Imagawa Family Code (Imagawa Kana List).
    • Daiei 6, in the 4th month (June 9, 1526): Go-Nara was proclaimed emperor upon the death of his father, Emperor Go-Kashiwabara. He began his reign at age 31.^[2]
      • Daiei 6, in the 7th month (1526}: An army from Awa province marched towards Miyako. Fusokawa Takakuni attached these forces at the Karsouragawa River, but his forces were unsucceful. Fusokawa Takakage came to the aid of Takakuni, and their combined forces were successful in stopping the advancing army.^[3]
        • Daiei 6, in the 12th month (1526): Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu invited archers from neighboring provinces to come to the capital for an archery contest.^[3]
          • Daiei 6, in the 12th month (1526): Large-scale mining operations commenced at the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine in what is now Shimane prefecture.^[4]

            Births of the Daiei era

            • Daiei 1, on the 3rd day of the 11th month (December 1, 1521): Takeda Shingen, general [died Tenshō gannen (1573)].
            • Daiei 2 (1522): Sen no Rikyū, master of Tea Ceremony [died Tenshō 19 (1591)].
            • Daiei 2 (1522): Shibata Katsuie, general [died Tenshō 11 (1583)].

            Deaths of the Daiei era

            • Daiei 3, on the 9th day of the 4th month (May 23, 1523): Ashikaga Yoshitane, 10th Shōgun of the Muromachi Bakufu [born Bunshō Gannen (1466)].
            • Daiei 6, on the 7th day of the 4th month (May 18, 1526): Emperor Go-Kashiwabara [born Kanshō Gannen (1460)].

            References

            1. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 364-365.
            2. ^ ^{a b c} Titsingh, p. 372.
            3. ^ ^{a b} Titsingh, p. 373.
            4. ^ Japan Mint, Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine Coin Set

            
            

            
            

            • 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 au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.... Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)

            External links

            • National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

            
            

            Daiei	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
            Gregorian	1521	1522	1523	1524	1525	1526	1527	1528

            Preceded by: Eishō

            Era or nengō: Daei

            Succeeded by: Kyōroku

            ja:大永