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 series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Chōshō'' 4, on the 27th day of the 4th month of 1135.

Events of the ''Hōen'' Era

* 1136 (''Hōen 2, 3rd month''): The former- Emperor Toba hosted a grand

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/ref> * 1136 (''Hōen 2, 5th month''): The '' sadaijin'' Fujiwara Ieyetada died at age 75. * 1136 (''Hōen 2, 12th month''): The '' udaijin'' Minamoto no Arihito was named ''sadaijin''; and the '' naidaijin'' Fujiwara Munetada was named ''udaijin''. * 1136 (''Hōen 2, 12th month''): Fujiwara Yorinaga was appointed Minister of the Center (''naidaijin'') at the age of 17. * 1138 (''Hōen 4, 2nd month''): The ''udaijin'' Munetada shaved his head at age 77; and he became a Buddhist priest. * 1138 (''Hōen 4, 9th month''): The former- Emperor Toba went to Mount Hiei, where he stayed for seven days. * May 2, 1140 (''Hōen 6, 14th day of the 4th month''): The priests of the Buddhist temples on Mount Hiei banded together to burn down the Mii-dera again.Brown, p. 324; Titsingh
p. 185.
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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 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:

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OCLC 6042764

External links

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