Kangen

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Kangen (寛元, Kangen^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Ninji and before Hoji. This period spanned the years from 1243 to 1247. The reigning emperors were Shijō-tennō (四条天皇, Shijō-tennō^?) and Go-Saga-tennō (後嵯峨天皇, Go-Saga-tennō^?).^[1]

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

[edit] Change of era

• Kangen gannen (寛元元年, Kangen gannen^?); 1243: 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 Ninji 4.

[edit] Events of the Kangen era

• Kangen 4, in the 1st month (1247): In the 4th year of Go-Saga-tennō's reign (後嵯峨天皇4年), he abdicated; and despite the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by his 4-year-old son. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Go-Fukakusa is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’).^[2]

[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

• Historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection.

Ninji	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Gregorian	1243	1244	1245	1246	1247

Preceded by: Ninji

Era or nengō: Kangen

Succeeded by: Hoji

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