Ken'ei

Ken'ei (建永, Ken'ei^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Genkyū and before Jōgen. This period spanned the years from 1206 through 1207. The reigning emperor was Tsuchimikado-tennō (土御門天皇, Tsuchimikado-tennō^?).^[1]

[edit] Change of era

Ken'ei gannen (建永元年, Ken'ei gannen^?); 1206: 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 Genkyū 3, on the 27th day of the 4th month of 1206.^[2]

Ken'ei 1, in the 2nd month (1206): Shogun Sanetomo's standing at court was raised to the 2nd rank of the 4th class.^[3]
Ken'ei 1, on the 7th day of the 3rd month (1206): The emperor planned to pay a visit to the sesshō Kujō Yoshitsune, but in the night before this visit, an unknown assassin was introduced secretly into Yoshitune's house, and he was stabbed by a spear pushed up from below the floor. No one was able to discover the perpetrator. Yoshitsune was then aged 38 years. The sadaijin Konoe Iezane succeeded Yoshitsune as sesshō; and the dainagon Fujiwara no Tadatsune became sadaijin.^[4]
Ken'ei 1, in the 12th month (1206): Konoe Iezane ceases to function as sesshō (regent); and instead, he becomes kampaku (chancellor).^[5]

^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 221-229; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 340; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 220-221.
^ Brown, p. 340.
^ Titsingh, p. 227.
^ Titsingh, pp. 228-229; Brown, pp. 339-341.
^ Titsingh, p. 229.

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