Jōan (era)

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Jōan (承安, Jōan^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Kaō and before Angen. This period spanned the years from 1171 through 1175. The reigning emperor was Takakura-tennō (高倉天皇, Takakura-tennō^?).^[1]

1 Change of era
2 Events of the Jōan era
3 References
- 3.1 External links

[edit] Change of era

Jōan gannen (承安元年, Jōan gannen^?); 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.^[2]

[edit] 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.^[3]
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.^[4]
Jōan 2, 10th day of the 2nd month (1171): Taira Kiyomori’s daughter, Tokuko, becomes Emperor Takakura’s his secondary empress (chūgo).^[5]
Jōan 2, in the 10th month (1172): Takakura visited the Fushimi Inari-taisha and the Yasaka Shrine.^[6]
Jōan 2, in the 12th month (1172): Matsu motofusa ceased to be regent (sesshō) and daijō-daijin; and he obtained the office of kampaku.^[7]
Jōan 3, in the 4th month (1173): The emperor visited the Iwashimizu Shrine and the Kamo Shrines.^[6]
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.^[8]
Jōan 4, in the 1st month (1174): The emperor made visits to his father and to his mother.^[6]

[edit] References

^ 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.
^ Brown, p. 332.
^ Titsingh, p. 196; Brown, 331.
^ Titsingh, p. 196.
^ Kitagawa, H. (1975). The Tale of the Heike, p. 783; Titsingh, p. 197.
^ ^a ^b ^c Titsingh, p. 197.
^ Titsingh, p. 197; Brown, p. 331.
^ Titsingh, p. 197, Brown, p. 333.

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