Appendix 5: CHRONOLOGY Dates are given according to the lunar calendar; “23.6”, for example, means the twenty-third day of the sixth lunar month. Italicized entries are from The Pillow Book; datable sections are listed at the end of the Chronology. 986 23.6 Emperor Kazan secretly visited Kazan Temple and took holy orders. Emperor Ichijo acceded to the Throne (aged six). 24.6 Fujiwara no Kaneie, the father of Michitaka, was appointed Regent and became Head of the (Fujiwara) Clan. 6th Month Shōnagon heard the Eight Lessons at Ko Sllirakawa (section 23). 5.7 Emperor Ichijo’s mother, Fujiwara no Senshi, became Empress Dowager. 22.7 The enthronement ceremony of Emperor Ichijo took place. 987 7.1 (?) Shōnagon visited the Imperial Palace to view. the Ceremony of the Blue Horses (section 2). 14-10 Emperor Ichijo visited the residence of the Regent, Fujiwara no Kaneie. 15.12 Emperor Ichijo) made a pilgrimage to Kamo Shrine. 988 25.3 Emperor Ichijo celebrated the sixtieth birthday of the Regent, Fujiwara no Kaneie. 16.9 Fujiwara no Kaneie held a banquet at his new residence in Nijo. 27.10 The Priestly. Retired Emperor, Enyu, visited Fujiwara no Kaneie in Nijo. 989 16.2 Emperor Ichijo made a pilgrimage to Enyu Temple. 22.3 Emperor Ichijo made his first pilgrimage to Kasuga Shrine. 20.12 Fujiwara no Kaneie was appointed Prime Minister.
5.1 25.1 11.2 ? 5.5 8.5
990 Emperor Ichijo, aged ten, celebrated his coming-of-age ceremony. Fujiwara no Sadako, Michitaka’s daughter, became an Imperial consort at the age of fourteen. Fujiwara no Sadako was appointed Imperial Lady (Nyogo). Shōnagon probably entered Court service during this year as Empress. Sadako’s lady-inwaiting (section 116). Fujiwara no Kaneie was appointed Chancellor. Fujiwara no Kaneie took holy orders, and Fujiwara no Michitaka succeeded him as Chancellor.
