Kōhō

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Kōhō (康保, Kōhō^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Ōwa and before Anna. This period spanned the years from 964 through 968. The reigning emperors were Murakami-tennō (村上天皇, Murakami-tennō^?) and Reizei-tennō (冷泉天皇, Reizei-tennō^?).^[1]

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

[edit] Change of era

• Kōhō gannen (康保元年, Kōhō gannen^?); 964: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Ōwa 4, on the 10th day of the 7th month of 964.^[2].

[edit] Events of the Kōhō era

• Kōhō 1, in the 4th month (964): The empress Fujiwara no Ansi died. The empresses younger sister had married the emperor's older brother, Shigeakira-shinnō; and shortly afterwards, he died and then his wife also died. In his grief, the emperor neglected his duty to care for the government.^[3]
• Kōhō 2, in the 4th month (965): The udaijin Fujiwara no Akihira died at the age of 68.^[3]
• Kōhō 2, in the 12th month (965): The emperor celebrated his 40th birthday.^[3]
• Kōhō 4, on the 25th of the 5th month (967): The emperor died at age 42 years, having reigned 21 years in total.^[3]

[edit] 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
• Titsingh, Isaac. (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 Society 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

Kōhō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Gregorian	964	965	966	967	968

Preceded by: Ōwa

Era or nengō: Kōhō

Succeeded by: Anna

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