Glossary

Eikyō

永享

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (永享) for the years 1429–1441: 1429 is Eikyō 1 (元年) and Eikyō 13 is 1441. Eikyō (永享) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1429. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1429 is Eikyō 1 (元年), 1441 its last year, Eikyō 13. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Eikyō 2” (永享2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Shōchō. After: Kakitsu.