Jōan (era)

. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 195-200; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," pp. 330-333; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki." pp. 212-214.]

Change of era

*; 1171: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in "Kaō" 3, on the 21st day of the 4th month of 1171. [Brown, p. 332.]

Events of the "Jōan" era

* "Jōan 1", on the 3rd day of the 1st month (1172): The emperor had attained the age of 11 years; accordingly, the hair on his head was shaved as a sign of his coming of age. [Titsingh, p. 196; Brown, 331.]
* "Jōan 1", on the 13th day of the 1st month (1171): The young emperor made a visit to the home of former-Emperor Go-Shirakawa, where he first met Tiara-no Tokoku, the adopted daughter of Go-Shirakawa and the actual daughter of Taira no Kiomori. He accepted the 15-year-old girl as on of his consorts, and she moved into his palace. [Titsingh, p. 196.]
* "Jōan 2", 10th day of the 2nd month (1171): Taira Kiyomori’s daughter, Tokuko, becomes Emperor Takakura’s his secondary empress ("chūgo"). [Kitagawa, H. (1975). "The Tale of the Heike," p. 783; Titsingh, p. 197.]
* "Jōan 2", in the 10th month (1172): Takakura visited the Fushimi Inari-taisha and the Yasaka Shrine.Titsingh, p. 197.]
* "Jōan 2", in the 12th month (1172): Matsu motofusa ceased to be regent ("sesshō") and "daijō-daijin"; and he obtained the office of "kampaku". [Titsingh, p. 197; Brown, p. 331.]
* "Jōan 3", in the 4th month (1173): The emperor visited the Iwashimizu Shrine and the Kamo Shrines. [see above] ]
* "Jōan 3", in the 10th month (1173): The emperor's mother, Ken-shun-mon In, founded the Saishōkō Cloister, which was consecrated at a dedication ceremony in which she was a participant. [Titsingh, p. 197, Brown, p. 333.]
* "Jōan 4", in the 1st month (1174): The emperor made visits to his father and to his mother. [see above] ]

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 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 0-231-04940-4

External links

* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]