- Ken'ei
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du japon," pp. 221-229; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," p. 340; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki," pp. 220-221.]
Change of era
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1206 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in "Genkyū" 3, on the 27th day of the 4th month of 1206. [Brown, p. 340.]Events of the "Ken'ei" era
* "Ken'ei 1", in the 2nd month (
1206 ): Shogun Sanetomo's standing at court was raised to the 2nd rank of the 4th class. [Titsingh, p. 227.]
* "Ken'ei 1", on the 7th day of the 3rd month (1206 ): The emperor planned to pay a visit to the "sesshō"Kujō Yoshitsune , but in the night before this visit, an unknown assassin was introduced secretly into Yoshitune's house, and he was stabbed by a spear pushed up from below the floor. No one was able to discover the perpetrator. Yoshitsune was then aged 38 years. The "sadaijin"Konoe Iezane succeeded Yoshitsune as "sesshō;" and the "dainagon" Fujiwara no Tadatsune became "sadaijin." [Titsingh, pp. 228-229; Brown, pp. 339-341.]
* "Ken'ei 1", in the 12th month (1206 ):Konoe Iezane ceases to function as "sesshō " (regent); and instead, he becomes "kampaku " (chancellor). [Titsingh, p. 229.]References
* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). [
Jien , 1221] , "Gukanshō ; "The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō,' an interpretive history of Japan written in 1219" translated from the Japanese and edited by Delmer M. Brown & Ichirō Ishida." Berkeley:University of California Press . ISBN 0-520-03460-0
* Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida, eds. (1975). "The Tale of the Heike ." Tokyo.University of Tokyo Press . ISBN 0-86008-128-1
* 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 0231-04940-4External 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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