was a after ''
Gen'ei'' and before ''
Tenji
The word Tenji can refer to several things in Japanese, including:
* Tenji (点字) is a system of Japanese Braille.
* Emperor Tenji (天智天皇 ''Tenji Tennō'') is the name of an emperor of Japan.
* Tenji (天治) was a Japanese era after Hō ...
.'' This period spanned the years from April 1120 through April 1124. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* February 1, 1120 : 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'ei'' 3, on the 10th day of the 4th month of 1120.
Events of the ''Hōan'' era
* 1121 (''Hōan 2, 5th month''): The priests of Mt. Hiei set fire to
Mii-dera.
* February 25, 1123 (''Hōan 4, on the 28th day of the 1st month''): In the 17th year of Emperor Toba's reign (鳥羽天皇17年), Toba was forced to abdicate by his father, retired-
Emperor Shirakawa. Toba gave up the throne in favor of his son Akihito, who would become Emperor Sutoku. Toba was only 21 years old when he renounced his title; and he had already reigned for 16 years: two in the ''nengō'' ''Tennin'', three in ''Ten'ei'', five in the ''nengō'' ''Eikyū'', two in ''Gen'ei'', and four in the ''nengō'' ''Hōan.'' At this time, Toba took the title ''Daijō-tennō.'' The succession (''senso'') was received by his son.
* 1123 (''Hōan 4, 2nd month''): Emperor Sutoku is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'').
[Titsingh]
p. 182
Varley, p. 44.
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:
Harvard University Press.
OCLC 58053128*
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''
Nihon Odai Ichiran
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
''; 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.
OCLC 6042764
External links
*
National Diet Library
The is the national library of Japan and among the largest libraries in the world. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the in researching matters of public policy. The library is similar in purpose and scope to ...
, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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