Gennin

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Gennin (元仁, Gennin^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Jōō and before Karoku. This period spanned the years from 1224 to 1225. The reigning emperor was Go-Horikawa-tennō (後堀河天皇, Go-Horikawa-tennō^?).^[1]

Contents 1 Change of era 2 Events of the Gennin Era 3 References 3.1 External links

[edit] Change of era

• Gennin gannen (元仁元年, Gennin gannen^?); 1224: The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Jōō 3.

[edit] Events of the Gennin Era

• Gennin 1 (1224):

[edit] References

• 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

Gennin	1st	2nd
Gregorian	1224	1225

Preceded by: Jōō

Era or nengō: Gennin

Succeeded by: Karoku

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