Change of era

• 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

• January 24, 1525 (Daiei 5, on the 1st day of the 1st month): All ceremonies in the court were suspended because of the lack of funds to support them.
• April 29, 1525 (Daiei 5, 7th day of the 4th month): 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.
• May 25, 1526 (Daiei 6, 14th day of the 4th month): Imagawa Ujichika
  Imagawa Ujichika
  was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period. He was the 10th head of the Imagawa clan of Suruga Province.- Biography :Ujichika was the son of Imagawa Yoshitada. In 1476 Yoshitada invaded Tôtômi Province and defeated the Katsumada and Yokota clans...
  
  , Shugo
  Shugo
  was a title, commonly translated as "Governor," given to certain officials in feudal Japan. They were each appointed by the shogun to oversee one or more of the provinces of Japan...
  
  of Suruga Province
  Suruga Province
  was an old province in the area that is today the central part of Shizuoka prefecture. It was sometimes called . Suruga bordered on Izu, Kai, Sagami, Shinano, and Tōtōmi provinces; and had access to the Pacific Ocean through Suruga Bay.-History:...
  
   establishes 33-article Imagawa Family Code (Imagawa Kana List).
• 1526 (Daiei 6, 4th month): Go-Nara was proclaimed emperor upon the death of his father, Emperor Go-Kashiwabara
  Emperor Go-Kashiwabara
  Emperor Go-Kashiwabara was the 104th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from November 16, 1500 to May 19, 1526. His personal name was Katsuhito...
  
  . He began his reign at age 31.
• 1526 (Daiei 6, i7th month): An army from Awa
  Awá
  The Awá or Guajá are an endangered indigenous group of people living in the eastern Amazon forests of Brazil. Their language is in the Tupi–Guarani family. Originally living in settlements, they adopted a nomadic lifestyle about 1800 to escape incursions by Europeans...
  
   province marched towards Miyako
  Miyako
  -Places in Japan:*Miyako, Iwate, a city in Iwate Prefecture*The Miyako Islands, including Miyako Island itself**Miyakojima, Okinawa, a city of the Miyako Islands**Miyako language, the Ryukyuan dialect spoken on Miyako Island and other nearby islands...
  
  . 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.
• 1526 (Daiei 6, 12th month): Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu
  Ashikaga Yoshiharu
  was the 12th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who held the reins of supreme power from 1521 through 1546 during the late Muromachi period of Japan...
  
   invited archers from neighboring provinces to come to the capital for an archery contest.
• 1526 (Daiei 6, 12th month): Large-scale mining operations commenced at the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
  Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
  The was a silver mine in the city of Ōda, Shimane Prefecture, on the main island of Honshū, Japan. It was added to the World Heritage List in 2007.-Mine history:...
  
   in what is now Shimane prefecture
  Shimane Prefecture
  is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshū island. The capital is Matsue. It is the second least populous prefecture in Japan, after its eastern neighbor Tottori. The prefecture has an area elongated from east to west facing the Chūgoku Mountain Range on the south side and to...
  
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External links

• National Diet Library
  National Diet Library
  The is the only national library in Japan. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the in researching matters of public policy. The library is similar in purpose and scope to the U.S...
  
  , "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection