- Kankō
nihongo|Kankō|寛弘 was a nihongo|Japanese era|年号,|"nengō",|lit. "
year name" after "Chōhō" and before "Chōwa ." This period spanned the years from1004 through1012 . The reigning emperors were nihongo|Ichijō"-tennō"|一条天皇 and nihongo|Sanjō"-tennō"|三条天皇. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du japon," pp. 150-154; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," pp. 302-307; Varley, "Jinnō Shōtōki," pp. 192-195.]Change of Era
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1004 : The era namewas changed to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in "Kankō " 6, on the 20th day of the 7th month of 1004. [Brown, p. 305.]Events of the "Kankō" Era
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Kankō 5", on the 8th day of the 2nd month (1008 ): The former-Emperor Kazan died at the age of 41.Brown, p. 306]
* "Kankō 8", on the 13th day of the 6th month (1011 ): In the 5th year of Emperor Ichijō's reign (一条天皇5年), he abdicated; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by his cousin. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Sanjō is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’). [Titsingh, p. 154; Brown, p. 307; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki," p. 44. [A distinct act of "senso" is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have "senso" and "sokui" in the same year until the reign of Go-Murakami.] ]
* "Kankō 8", 22nd day of the 6th month (1011 ): "Daijō-tennō" Ichijō died at the age of 32. [see above] ]
* "Kankō 8", 24th day of the 10th month (1011 ): "Daijō-tennō" Reizei, who was Emperor Sanjō's father, died at age 62. [Titsingh, p. 155; Brown, p. 306.]References
* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). [
Jien , 1221] , "Gukanshō (The Future and the Past, a translation and study of the Gukanshō, an interpretative history of Japan written in 1219)." Berkeley:University of California Press . ISBN 0-520-03460-0
* Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō , 1652] , "Nipon o daï itsi ran ; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth." Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran ...Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)]
* Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [Kitabatake Chikafusa , 1359] , "Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley)." New York:Columbia University Press . ISBN 0-231-04940-4External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]
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