Kan'ei

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Kan'ei (寛永?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Genna and before Shōhō. This period spanned the years from 1624 through 1643. The reigning emperors and empress were Go-Mizunoo-tennō (後水尾天皇?), Meishō-tennō (明正天皇?) and Go-Kōmyō-tennō (後光明天皇?).

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[edit] Change of era

  • Kan'ei gannen (寛永元年?); 1624: The era name was changed to mark the start of a new cycle of the Chinese zodiac. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Genna 9, on the 30th day of the 2nd month. This era name is derived from 寛広、永長 (meaning "Broad Leniency, Eternal Leader")

[edit] Events of the Kan'ei era

  • Kan'ei 1 (1629): Construction on the Hōei-zan temple began.[1]
  • Kan'ei 3, on the 16th day of the 9th month (November 4, 1626): Emperor Go-Mizunoo and the empress visited to Nijō Castle; and they were accompanied by Princes of the Blood, palace ladies and kuge. Among the precedents for this was the Tenshō era visit of Emperor Go-Yōozei to Hideyoshi's extravagant Heian-kyo mansion, Juraku-dai (which Hideyoshi himself would tear down in the 12th month of Bunroku 2).[2]
  • Kan'ei 6 (1627): The "Purple Clothes Incident" (紫衣事件, shi-e jiken?) -- The Emperor was accused of having bestowed honorific purple garments to more than ten priests despite the shogun's edict which banned them for two years (probably in order to break the bond between the Emperor and religious circles). The shogunate intervened making the bestowing of the garments invalid.
  • Kan'ei 6, on the 8th day of the 11th month (1629): The emperor renounced the throne in favor of his daughter, Kyōshi[1]
  • Kan'ei 9, on the 24th day of the 1st month (1632): Former Shogun Hidetada died.[1]
  • Kanei 10, on the 20th day of the 1st month (1633): There was an earthquake in Odawara in the Sagami.[1]
  • Kanei 11, in the 7th month (1634): Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu appeared at Court in Miyako; and he visited ex-emperor Go-Mizunoo (August 27th).[3]
  • Bunkyu 3, on the 5th day of the 3rd month (April 22, 1863): Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi came to the capital and had an audience. This was the first time since the visit of Iemitsu in Kan’ei 11, 230 years before, that a shogun had visited Heian-kyō. In Bunkyo 3, Iemochi was summoned by the Emperor Komei; and when he traveled from Edo to the capital, the shogun had 3,000 retainers as escort.[4]
  • Kanei 12 (1635): An ambassador from the King of Korea is received in Heian-kyō.[1]
  • Kanei 14 (1637): There is a major Christian rebellion in Arima and Shimabara; shogunal forces are sent to quell the disturbance.[1] (Shimabara Rebellion)
  • Kanei 15 (1638): The Christian revolt is crushed; and 37,000 of the rebels are killed. The Christian religion is extirpated in Japan.[1]
  • Kanei 17 (1640): A Spanish ship from Macao brought a delegation of 61 people to Nagasaki. They arrived on July 6, 1640; and on August 9th, all of them were decapitated and their heads were stuck on poles.[1]
  • Kanei 20 (1643): An ambassador from the king of Korea arrives in Heian-kyō.[5]
  • Kanei 20, on the 29th day of the 9th month (1643): In the 15th year of Meishō-tennō's reign (明正天皇15年), the empress abdicated; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by her brother.[6]
  • Kanei 20, on the 23rd day of the 4th month (1643): Emperor Go-Komyō is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’).[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Titsingh, p. 411.
  2. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 317.
  3. ^ Titsingh, p. 411: Ponsonby-Fane, p. 317
  4. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 325.
  5. ^ Titsingh, p. 412.
  6. ^ a b Titsingh, p. 412; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 44. [A distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Go-Murakami.]


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Preceded by:
Genna

Era or nengō:
Kan'ei

Succeeded by:
Shōhō