Eiji (永治) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Hōen and before Kōji. This period spanned the year from July 1141 through April 1142.[1] The reigning emperors were Sutoku-tennō (崇徳天皇) and Konoe-tennō (近衛天皇).[2]
^Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des emepereurs du japon, pp. 181-188; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 322-326; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 204-205.