was a after ''
ÅŒtoku
was a after '' EihÅ'' and before ''Kanji''. This period spanned the years from February 1084 through April 1087. The reigning emperor was .
Change of Era
* February 9, 1084 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. ...
'' and before ''
KahÅ
was a after ''Kanji'' and before '' EichÅ''. This period spanned the years from December 1094 through December 1096. The reigning emperor was .
Change of Era
* January 19, 1094 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of even ...
''. This period spanned the years from April 1087 through December 1094. The reigning emperor was
Emperor Horikawa
was the 73rd emperor of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''KunaichÅ'') å €æ²³å¤©çš‡ (73)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.
Horikawa's reign spanned the years from 1087 through 1107.
Biography
Before his ascension to the ...
(å €æ²³å¤©çš‡).
Change of era
* February 6, 1087 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''ÅŒtoku'' 4, on the 7th day of the 4th month of 1087.
Events of the ''Kanji'' era
* 1087 (''Kanji 1, 5th month''): ''
DaijÅ-tennÅ'' Shirakawa retired himself to
Uji
is a city on the southern outskirts of the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Founded on March 1, 1951, Uji is between the two ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto. The city sits on the Uji River, which has its source in Lake Biwa. ...
.
[Titsingh]
p. 172.
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* 1088 (''Kanji 2, 1st month''): The emperor paid a visit to his father's home.[Titsingh]
p. 173.
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* 1088 (''Kanji 2, 10th month''): Shirakawa visited the temples at Mt. Hiei.daijÅ-daijin
The was the head of the ''DaijÅ-kan'' (Great Council of State) during and after the Nara period and briefly under the Meiji Constitution. Equivalent to the Chinese (Grand Preceptor).
History
Emperor Tenji's favorite son, Prince ÅŒtomo, w ...
''. In this context, it matters a great deal that the mother of Emperor Horikowa, formerly the daughter of ''udaijin'' Minamoto no Akifusa, was also formerly the adopted child of Morozane.
* 1089 (''Kanji 3, 5th month''): Shirakawa made a second visit to Mt. Hiei; and this time, he stayed seven days.[Brown, p. 318.]
Notes
References
* Brown, Delmer M. and IchirÅ Ishida, eds. (1979)
''GukanshÅ: 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
Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. After the retirem ...
.
OCLC 58053128
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Nihon ÅŒdai 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: JinnÅ ShÅtÅki 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
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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