Glossary

Eitoku

永徳

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (永徳) for the years 1381–1384: 1381 is Eitoku 1 (元年) and Eitoku 4 is 1384. Eitoku (永徳) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1381. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1381 is Eitoku 1 (元年), 1384 its last year, Eitoku 4. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Eitoku 2” (永徳2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Kōryaku. After: Shitoku.