- Hōgen (era)
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des emepereurs du japon," pp. 188-194; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," pp. 326-329; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki," pp. 205-212.]
Change of era
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1156 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in "Kyūju" 3, on the 24th day of the 4th month of 1156. [Brown, p. 327.]Events of the "Hōgen" era
* "Hōgen 1", 2nd day of the 7th month (
1156 ): CloisteredEmperor Toba -in died at age 54. [Brown, p. 321; Kitagawa, H. (1975). "The Tale of the Heike," p.783.]
* "Hōgen 1", 10th-29th days of the 7th month (1156 ): The "Hōgen" Rebellion, [Kitagawa, p. 783.] also known as the "Hōgen" Insurrection or the "Hōgen" War.
* "Hōgen 1", in the 9th month (1156 ): The "naidaijin " Fujiwara Saneyoshi was named "sadaijin ". The "dainagon " Fujiwara Koremichi became "naidaijin." After the was, tranquility was restored throughout the empire; and the emperor himself was in charge of the government. A special building was constructed in Kyoto, where -- as in the days ofEmperor Go-Sanjo , requests and complaints were received and examined.Titsingh, p. 190.]
* "Hōgen 2", in the 8th month (1157 ): Sanjō Saneyuki was dismissed from his position as "daijō-daijin "; and in the same month, the "sadaijin" Saneyoshi died. The "udaijin " Fujiwara no Munesuke was made "daijō-daijin". The "naidaijin" Koremichi was made "sadaijin". Fujiwara no Moresane, who was the 15-year-old son of son of "kampaku "Fujiwara no Tadamichi , became "udaijin". The "dainagon" Sanjō Kinori, who was the son of Saneyuki, obtained the position of "naidaijin." [see above] ]
* "Hōgen 2", in the 10th month (1157 ): The foundations are laid for a grand audience hall ("dairi") in the palace. Three had not been such a structure within the palace compound since the time ofEmperor Shirakawa . [see above] ]
* "Hōgen 3", on the 11th day of the 8th month (1158 ): In the 3rd year of Go-Shirakawa"-tennō"'s reign (後白河天皇25年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by his eldest son. [Titsingh, p. 190; Brown, p. 327; Varley, p. 44, 209. [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.] ]
* "Hōgen 4", in the 8th month (1158 ): Emperor Nijō is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’). [Titsingh, p. 191.]References
* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). [
Jien , c. 1220] , "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 086008-128-1
* 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 0-231-04940-4
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