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-tennō (後小松天皇,?) and Shōkō-tennō (称光天皇?).[1]
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 was made the new sovereign 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.
- 1418 (Ōei 25): Rebuilding of Asama Shrine at the base of Mount Fuji in Suruga province is ordered by Ashikaga Yoshimochi.[4]
- July 18, 1419 (Ōei 26, on the 26th day of the 6th month): Oei Invasion. Korea invaded Tsushima Province.
- 1423 (Ōei 30, 2nd month): Shogun Yoshimochi retires in favor of his son, Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, who is 17 years old.[5]
- 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.[6]
Notes
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 317-327.
- ^ Titsingh, p. 326-327; Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial Family of Japan, pp. 105-106.
- ^ Titsingh, p. 328.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962. Studies in Shinto and Shrines, pp. 461-462.
- ^ Titsingh, p. 329.
- ^ Titsingh, p. 330.
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