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'''Ōei''' (応永) 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''-tenno'' (後小松天皇) and Shōkō''-tenno'' (称光天皇).

Contents

Change of Era

Events of the ''Ōei'' Era

References

Notes

Further reading

External links

Change of Era

★ '''Ōei Gannen''' (応永元年) or '''Ōei 1''' (1394): The era name was changed in ''Meitoku'' 5, the 5th day of the 7th month, because of plague.

Events of the ''Ōei'' Era

★ '''Ōei 4''', the 16th day of the 4th month (1397): Construction begun on ''Kinkaku-ji''.

★ '''Ōei 6''', the 28th day of the 10th month (1399): ''Ōei'' Rebellion begins. Ōuchi Yoshiharu raises an army against Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

★ '''Ōei 8''', the 13th day of the 5th month (1401): Yoshimitsu sends a diplomatic mission to China as a tentative first step in re-initiating trade between Japan and Ming China.

★ '''Ōei 18''', 10th month (October 5, 1412): 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.^[1]

★ '''Ōei 20''' (1413): Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimochi fell ill, and so he sent an ambassador to the Ise Shrine to pray for the return of his health.^[2]

★ '''Ōei 21''', the 19th day of the 12th month (1414): Enthronement of Emperor Shōkō.

★ '''Ōei 26''', the 26th day of the 6th month (1419): Oei Invasion. Korea invaded Tsushima Province.

★ '''Ōei 30''' (1423): Shogun Yoshimochi retires in favor of his son, Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, who is 17 years old.^[3]

★ '''Ōei 32''', on the 27th day of the 2nd month (1425): Shogun Yoshikatsu died at the age of 19 years, having administered the empire for only three years.^[4]

References

Notes

1. Titsingh, I. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du Japon,'' p. 327.
2. Titsingh, p. 328.
3. Titsingh, p.329.
4. Titsingh, p. 330.

Further reading

★ 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.--''Two copies of this rare book have now been made available online: (1) from the library of the University of Michigan, digitized January 30, 2007; and (2) from the library of Stanford University, digitized June 23, 2006.'' Click here to read the original text in French.

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	31th	32th	33th	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''