Kenryaku
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kenryaku (建暦?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Jōgen and before Kempo. This period spanned the years from 1211 through 1213. The reigning emperor was Juntoku-tennō (順徳天皇?).[1]
Contents |
[edit] Change of era
- Kenryaku gannen (建暦元年?); 1211: The new era name was created because the previous era ended and a new one commenced in Jōgen 2, on the 9th day of the 3rd month of 1211.[2]
[edit] Events of the Kenryaku era
- Kenryaku 1, in the 1st month (1211): Shogun Sanetomo's position at court was raised to the 1st rank of the 3rd class.[3]
- Kenryaku 1, in the 1st month (1211): The Buddhist priest Hōnen returned to Kyoto from a period of exile. He was the founder and guiding force behind the early development of the Sennyuji (泉涌寺, senyō-ji?) temple-complex.[3]
- Kenryaku 1, on the 20th day of the 12th month (January 25, 1212): The Buddhist priest Hōnen died at age 80, mere days after drafted a brief, written summary of his life teachings. This last written document is known as the One-Sheet Document (ichimai-kishomon).[4]
- Kenryaku 1, on the 16th day of the 1st month (1212): The former-Senior High Priest Jien (1155-1225) was appointed Tendai Abbot by Imperial Mandate. He would administer Mt. Hiei for one year before yielding the position on the 11th day of the 1st month of 1213.[5]
[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
- Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida, eds. (1975). The Tale of the Heike. Tokyo. University of Tokyo Press. ISBN 0-86008-128-1
- 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 0231-04940-4
[edit] External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Kenryaku | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Gregorian | 1211 | 1212 | 1213 |
|
Preceded by: |
Era or nengō: |
Succeeded by: |
