Change of era

• 1429 : The era name was changed to mark the beginning of the reign of Emperor Go-Hanazono. The previous era ended and a new era commenced in Shōchō 1, on the 29th day of the 7th month, when the new emperor was proclaimed.

Events of the Eikyō era

• April 14, 1429 (Eikyō 1, 9th day of the 3rd month): Ashikaga Yoshinobu
  Ashikaga Yoshinori
  was the 6th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1429 to 1441 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshinori was the son of the third shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.-Shogunal succession:...
  
   is honored in court; and thereafter, he is known as Yoshinori
  Ashikaga Yoshinori
  was the 6th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1429 to 1441 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshinori was the son of the third shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.-Shogunal succession:...
  
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• 1429: Yoshinori appointed shogun.
• 1430: Southern army surrenders.
• 1432: Akamatsu Mitsusuke
  Akamatsu Mitsusuke
  was a leading head over the clan of Akamatsu during the early years of the Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan.Fearing that Ashikaga Yoshinori, the 6th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate was aiming to tear up the domain of the Akamatsu, its head Akamatsu Mitsusuke took the step of feigning mental illness,...
  
   flees; Yoshinori receives rescript from China.
• 1433 (Eikyō 5, 6th month): The Emperor of China
  Emperor of China
  The Emperor of China refers to any sovereign of Imperial China reigning between the founding of Qin Dynasty of China, united by the King of Qin in 221 BCE, and the fall of Yuan Shikai's Empire of China in 1916. When referred to as the Son of Heaven , a title that predates the Qin unification, the...
  
   addressed a letter to Shogun
  Shogun
  A was one of the hereditary military dictators of Japan from 1192 to 1867. In this period, the shoguns, or their shikken regents , were the de facto rulers of Japan though they were nominally appointed by the emperor...
  
   Yoshinori in which, as a conventional aspect of the foreign relations of Imperial China
  Foreign relations of Imperial China
  Imperial China had a long tradition of foreign relations. From the Qin Dynasty until the Qing Dynasty, the Culture of China had an impact upon neighboring and distant countries, while gradually being transformed by outside influences as well....
  
  , the Chinese assume that the head of the Ashikaga shogunate
  Ashikaga shogunate
  The , also known as the , was a Japanese feudal military regime, ruled by the shoguns of the Ashikaga clan.This period is also known as the Muromachi period and gets its name from Muromachi Street of Kyoto where the third shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu established his residence...
  
   is effectively the "king of Japan."
• 1433: Ōtomo rebells; Hieizan monks rebel.
• 1434: Tosenbugyo established to regulate foreign affairs.
• 1436: Yasaka Pagoda at Hokanji in Kyoto destroyed by fire.
• 1438: Kantō Kanrei
  Kanrei
  or, more rarely, kanryō, was a high political post in feudal Japan; it is usually translated as Shogun's Deputy. After 1349, there were actually two Kanrei, the Kyoto Kanrei and the Kantō Kanrei....
  
  (Kantō administrator) Ashikaga Mochiuji
  Ashikaga Mochiuji
  Ashikaga Mochiuji was the Kamakura-fu's fourth Kantō kubō during the Sengoku period in Japan. During his long and troubled rule the relationship between the west and the east of the country reached an all-time low. Kamakura was finally attacked by shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori and retaken by force...
  
   rebels against Muromachi shogunate, also known as .
• 1439: Mochiuji is defeated, and he commits suicide; dissatisfaction with Yoshinori grows.
• 1440: Yasaka Pagoda at Hokanji in Kyoto re-constructed by Yoshinori.
• 1441: Yoshinori grants Shimazu suzerainity over Ryukyu Islands; Akamatsu murders Yoshinori—Kakitsu Incident; Yamana kills Akamatsu.

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