Kōgen

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Kōgen (康元, Kōgen^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Kenchō and before Shōka. This period spanned the years from 1256 to 1257. The reigning emperor was Fukakusa-tennō (後深草天皇, Fukakusa-tennō^?).^[1]

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

[edit] Change of era

• Kōgen gannen (康元元年, Kōgen gannen^?); 1256: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Kenchō 8.

[edit] Events of the Kōgen era

• Kōgen 1 (1256):

[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....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

[edit] External links

• National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Kōgen	1st	2nd
Gregorian	1256	1257

Preceded by: Kenchō

Era or nengō: Kōgen

Succeeded by: Shōka

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