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'''Heiji''' (Japanese: 平治) was a Japanese era name (年号, ''nengō'', lit. year name) after ''Hōgen'' and before ''Eiryaku.'' This period spanned the years from 1159 through 1160. The reigning emperor was Emperor Nijō''-tennō'' (二条天皇)

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Change of Era

Events of the ''Heiji'' Era

Notes

References

Change of Era

★ '''Heiji gannen''' (平治元年) or '''Heiji 1''' (1159): The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in __________.

Events of the ''Heiji'' Era

★ '''Heiji gannen''' or '''Heiji 1''', 9-26th day of the 12th month (1159): The ''Heiji'' Rebellion,^[1] also known as the ''Heiji'' Insurrection or the ''Heiji'' War.

Notes

1. Kitagawa, H. (1975), ''The Tale of the Heike,'' p. 783.

References

★ Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). [ Jien (1221)], ''Gukanshō; "The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō,' an interpretive history of Japan written in 1219" translated from the Japanese and edited by Delmer M. Brown & Ichirō Ishida.'' Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-03460-0

★ Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida, eds. (1975). ''The Tale of the Heike.'' Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. ISBN 0-86008-128-1

★ Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo, 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 digitized examples 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.

★ Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [Kitabatake Chitafusa, 1359], ''Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley).'' New York: Columbia University Press]]. ISBN 0-231-04940-4

Heiji	1st	2nd
Gregorian	1159	1160

Preceded by: ''Hōgen''

' Era or ''nengō'': 'Heiji

Succeeded by: ''Eiryaku''