Eishō (Muromachi period)

Change of era

• 1504 Eishō gannen: The era name was changed to mark the beginning of a new cycle of the Chinese zodiac. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Bunki 4, on the 30th day of the 2nd month.

  Events of the ''Eishō'' era

• 1504 : A great famine.
• 1505 : Noda Castle built.
• 1508 : A new revolt in Miyako and the assassination of Hosokawa Masamoto encouraged former-Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshitane in believing that this would be a good opportunity to re-take Heian-kyō. He assembled his troops and marched at their head towards the capital; and by the 6th month of Eishō 5, he was once more in command of the streets of Miyako. Starting in 1508, Yoshitane is known as the Muromachi period's 10th shōgun.
• September 21, 1510 : Earthquake at Seionaikai, 6.7 magnitude on the Surface wave magnitude scale.
• October 10, 1510 : Earthquake in the Enshunada Sea, 7.0.
• 1511 : When Yoshida Kanetomo died at the age of 77, his passing was considered a significant event in the chronicles of the Imperial history of Japan.
• September 16, 1511 : Battle of Funaokayama. Former shōgun Ashikaga Yoshitane returns from Tanba, fearing that Hosokawa Seiken is planning to attack Heian-kyō. Then, with the assistance of Ōuchi Yoshioki, Yoshitane entered the capital.
• 1512 : Tamanawa Castle built.
• 1513 : Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiki changes his name to Yoshitane, by which he is better known to historians.