Enryaku era

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The Enryaku era was a Japanese imperial era (782–806 CE) during the early Heian period, notable for political reforms and the rise of influential Buddhist institutions.

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Enryaku era canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese era ⓘ
associatedBuddhistSchool Tendai ⓘ
associatedEmperor Emperor Heizei ⓘ
Emperor Kanmu ⓘ
associatedTemple Enryaku-ji ⓘ
buddhistInstitutionRise Enryaku-ji as major monastic complex ⓘ
calendarSystem Japanese nengō system ⓘ
capitalRelocation Heian-kyō ⓘ
linked to: Kyoto

Nagaoka-kyō ⓘ
chronologicalPosition early Heian era ⓘ
chronologyNote spans late 8th century and early 9th century ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
culturalContext formation of classical Heian court culture ⓘ
emperorDuringEra Emperor Heizei ⓘ
Emperor Kanmu ⓘ
endDate 806-05-18 ⓘ
endYear 806 ⓘ
eraNameInKanji 延暦 ⓘ
eraNameType nengō ⓘ
follows Ten'ō era ⓘ
linked to: Ten'ō
geographicRegion Kinai region ⓘ
linked to: Kansai region
governmentType ritsuryō state ⓘ
language Classical Japanese ⓘ
locationOfCapital Heian-kyō ⓘ
linked to: Kyoto

Nagaoka-kyō ⓘ
mountainAssociated Mount Hiei ⓘ
namedAfter Enryaku-ji ⓘ
notableEvent founding of Enryaku-ji on Mount Hiei ⓘ
relocation of the capital from Nagaoka-kyō to Heian-kyō ⓘ
relocation of the capital from Nara to Nagaoka-kyō ⓘ
rise of Tendai Buddhism as an influential institution ⓘ
notableFigure Saichō ⓘ
period Heian period ⓘ
politicalContext early Heian centralization of imperial authority ⓘ
politicalReform reorganization of provincial administration ⓘ
strengthening of imperial control over Buddhist institutions ⓘ
precedes Daidō era ⓘ
reasonForChange imperial decision to mark significant events ⓘ
religiousCenter Mount Hiei ⓘ
religiousDevelopment establishment of Tendai school in Japan ⓘ
religiousPolicy imperial patronage of Buddhist institutions ⓘ
script kanji ⓘ
startDate 782-08-19 ⓘ
startYear 782 ⓘ
usedFor dating years in imperial Japan ⓘ

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Enryaku-ji → namedAfter → Enryaku era ⓘ