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Eiwa

永和

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (永和) for the years 1375–1379: 1375 is Eiwa 1 (元年) and Eiwa 5 is 1379. Eiwa (永和) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1375. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1375 is Eiwa 1 (元年), 1379 its last year, Eiwa 5. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Eiwa 2” (永和2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Ōan. After: Kōryaku.