, also romanized as Enkei, was a after ''

Tokuji was a after ''Kagen'' and before '' Enkyō.'' This period spanned the years from December 1306 through October 1308. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 1306 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The pre ...

'' and before ''

Ōchō was a after '' Enkyō'' and before '' Shōwa.'' This period spanned 11 months from April 1311 through February 1312. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 1311 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previ ...

.'' This period spanned the years from October 1308 through April 1311. The reigning emperor was .

Change of era

* 1308, also called : The new era name was created to mark the accession of Emperor Hanazono. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Tokuji'' 3.

Events of the ''Enkyō'' era

Initially, former-

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administered the court up through the time he took the tonsure as a Buddhist monk, which happened after this ''nengō'' ended.Titsingh, . * 1308 (''Enkyō 1''): At the death of

Emperor Go-Nijō was the 94th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from 1301 to his death in 1308. This 14th-century sovereign was named after the 12th-century Emperor Nijō, and ''go-'' (後), translates literally as "l ...

, Hanazono accedes to the

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at age 12 years; and Takaharu''-shinnō'', the second son of former-

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is elevated as the heir apparent under the direction of the

Kamakura shogunate The was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Kamakura-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 459. The Kamakura shogunate was established by Minamoto no Y ...

.Titsingh, ; Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959) ''The Imperial House of Japan,'' p. 204. * 1308 (''Enkyō 1, 10th month''):

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resigns his position as '' sesshō''; and he is replaced in that role by

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.Titsingh, . * 1309 (''Enkyō 2, 2nd month''):

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is elevated to the position of ''

sadaijin The ''Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary'', Kenkyusha Limited, was a government position in Japan in the late Nara and Heian periods. The position was consolidated in the Taihō Code of 702. The Asuka Kiyomihara Code of 689 marks the ini ...

.'' * 1310 (''Enkyō 3, 11th month''): The

Rokuhara Tandai was the post of the chiefs of the Kamakura shogunate in Kyoto whose agency, the , kept responsibility for security in Kinai and judicial affairs on western Japan, and negotiated with the imperial court. Despite keeping security, the Rokuhara we ...

in Kyoto,

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, died and

Hōjō Tokiatsu Hojo or Hōjō may refer to: Hojo or HoJo: *Howard Johnson's, a U.S. chain of restaurants and hotels *A nickname for Howard Johnson *A nickname for Howard Jones *A nickname for Howard Jones *MGR-1 Honest John, the first nuclear-capable missile ...

was named to take his place as Kyoto representative of the military government in Kamakura.

Notes

References

* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''
Cambridge:

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OCLC 58053128
* Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959)
''The Imperial House of Japan.''
Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society
OCLC 194887
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''

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''; 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:

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OCLC 6042764

External links

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