Kenchō

Kenchō

Kenchō

Period of Japanese history (1249–1256 CE)

For the settlement in Bhutan, see Kencho, Bhutan.

Kenchō (建長) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Hōji and before Kōgen. This period spanned the years from March 1249 to October 1256.[1] The reigning emperor was Go-Fukakusa-tennō (後深草天皇).[2]

Change of era

  • 1249 Kenchō gannen (建長元年): 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 Hōji 3.

Events of the Kenchō era

Notes

  1. [1]
    Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kenchō" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 508; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today.
  2. [2]
    Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 248-255; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 231-232.
  3. [3]
    Joint Council for Japanese Renzai Obaku Zen, Kenchō-ji

References

  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
  • Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
  • Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-04940-5; OCLC 6042764
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Kenchō
1249–1256		 Succeeded by
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