was a after ''

Gen'ō was a after ''Bunpō'' and before '' Genkō''. This period spanned the period from April 1319 through February 1321. The reigning Emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 278–281; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ...

'' and before '' Shōchū.'' This period spanned the years from February 1321 to December 1324. The reigning Emperor was .

Change of era

* 1321 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Gen'ō'' 3. The era name is derived from the '' I Ching''; it should not be confused with the later Genkō (1331–34), which used a different character for ''kō'' (弘, "wide", instead of 亨, "go smoothly.")

Events of the ''Genkō'' era

* 1321 (''Genkō 1, 2nd month''): The ''

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'' Fujiwara-no Saionji Kinakira died.Titsingh, p. 282. * 1321 (''Genkō 1, 4th month''): The former-

Emperor Go-Uda was the 91st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1274 through 1287. This 13th-century sovereign was named after the 9th-century Emperor Uda and ''go-'' (後), translates literall ...

ordered the construction of a small chapel at

Daikaku-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Ukyō-ku, a western ward in the city of Kyoto, Japan. The site was originally a residence of Emperor Saga (785–842 CE), and later various emperors conducted their cloistered rule from here. The '' Saga Go- ...

where he lived in retirement. * 1321 (''Genkō 1, 5th month''): The emperor visited Dikaku-ji to see this new chapel for himself. * 1321 (''Genkō 1, 6th month''): , the shogunate strongman in Kyūshū (called the ), died. * 1321 (''Genkō 1, 12th month''): Hōjō Norisada, the ''

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominal ...

'' of Suruga Province and a close relative of the shogunate's ''shikken'', Hōjō Takitoki, was named governor of Kyoto at Rokuhara; and Hōjō Hidetoki was named military governor of Kyūshū. * 1322 (''Genkō 2, 1st month''): The emperor visited the former-

at Daikau-ji; and he was entertained by a musical concert.Titsingh, p. 283. * 1322 (''Genkō 2, 1st month''): Saionji Sanekane died at age 74. * 1323 (''Genkō 3, 3rd month''): Ichijō Uchitsune lost his position as ''kampaku'', and

Kujō Fusazane , son of regent Tadanori with Fujiwara Aritoki's daughter and adopted son of Moronori, was a ''kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Kamakura period (1185–1333). He held a regent position ( kampaku) from 1323 to 1324. Nijo Haruko, a daughter ...

was made his successor. * July 16, 1324 (''Genkō 4, 25th day of the 6th month''): Former Emperor Go-Uda's death. The oldest extant account of Buddhism in Japan, the '' Genkō Shakusho'' (元亨釈書), was completed in ''Genkō'' 2, whence the era name in its title. The massive project was the work of

Kokan Shiren Kokan Shiren ( Japanese: こかんしれん, Kanji: 虎関師錬; 9 May 1278 – 11 August 1347), Japanese Rinzai Zen patriarch and celebrated poet. He preached Buddhism at the Imperial court, and was noted for his poetry in the Literature of the ...

.Nussbaum, "''Genkō shakusho''" at

Notes

References

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

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OCLC 58053128
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). '' Nihon Ōdai 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:

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OCLC 6042764

External links

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

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