En'ō
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En'ō (延応?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Ryakunin and before Ninji. This period spanned the years from 1239 to 1240. The reigning emperor was Shijō-tennō (四条天皇?).[1]
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[edit] Change of era
- En'ō gannen (延応元年?); 1239: The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Ryakunin 2.
[edit] Events of the En'ō Era
- En'ō 1 (1239):
[edit] References
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 242245; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 227.
- Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). [ Jien, c. 1220], 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.--Two copies of this rare book have now been made available online: (1) from the library of the University of Michigan, digitized January 30, 2007; and (2) from the library of Stanford University, digitized June 23, 2006. Click here to read the original text 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
[edit] External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| En'ō | 1st | 2nd |
| Gregorian | 1239 | 1240 |
| Preceded by Ryakunin |
Era or nengō En'ō 1239 – 1240 |
Succeeded by Ninji |
