was a after '' Tenshō'' and before ''

Hōen was a after '' Chōshō'' and before ''Eiji.'' This period spanned the years from September 1135 through July 1141. The reigning emperor was . Change of Era * February 15, 1035 : The new era name ''Hōen'' was created to mark an event or a s ...

.'' This period spanned the years from August 1132 through November 1135. The reigning emperor was .

Change of Era

* January 20, 1132 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Tenshō'' 2, on the 11th day of the 8th month of 1132.

Events of the ''Chōshō'' Era

* 1132 (''Chōshō 1, 1st month''): Fujiwara no Tadasane received a sign of the emperor's favor.Titsingh
p. 184.
/ref> * 1132 (''Chōshō 1, 3rd month''): The former-

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decided to build himself a palace; and Taira-no Tadamori was placed in charge of its construction. When the project was completed, Tadamori was rewarded by being named governor of the island of Tsushima. Tadamori was a descendant of

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. * 1132 (''Chōshō 1, 3rd month''): Emperor Sutoku made a pilgrimage to

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. * August 1, 1133 (''Chōshō 2, 29th day of the 6th month''): Former-

had

Fujiwara no Kanezane , also known as , is the founder of the Kujō family (at the encouragement of Minamoto no Yoritomo), although some sources cite Fujiwara no Morosuke (908-960) as its founder. Kanezane organised the compilation of the Kitano Tenjin Engi, the histo ...

's daughter (the future Kaya-no In, 1095–1155) brought to his palace as his consort.Brown, p. 93. * 1133 (''Chōshō 3, 19th day of the 3rd month''): Kanezane's daughter—Toba's consort—is advanced to the position of empress, but she bore no Imperial sons. * 1134 (''Chōshō 3, 3rd month''): The Emperor visited the

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. * 1134 (''Chōshō 3, 3rd month''): Sutoku visited the

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. * 1134 (''Chōshō 3, 5th month''): The Emperor visited the Iwashimizu Shrine. * 1134 (''Chōshō 3, 5th month''): Sutoku visited the Kamo Shrines. This era was known as a time of famine.Dobbins, James. (2004). ''Letters of the Nun Eshinni: Images of Pure Land Buddhism in Medieval Japan'', p. 55.

Notes

References

* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979)
''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past''.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
OCLC 251325323
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia''.
Cambridge:

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.
OCLC 58053128
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''

Nihon Ōdai Ichiran , ', is a 17th-century chronicle of the serial reigns of Japanese emperors with brief notes about some of the noteworthy events or other happenings. According to the 1871 edition of the ''American Cyclopaedia'', the 1834 French translation of ...

''; 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 Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by Jennifer Crewe (2014–present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fiel ...

.
OCLC 6042764

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, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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