was a after ''

Nin'an , also known as Ninnan, was a after ''Eiman'' and before '' Kaō.'' This period spanned the years from August 1166 through April 1169. The reigning emperors were and . Change of era * February 3, 1166 : The new era name was created to mark an ...

'' and before '' Jōan.'' This period spanned the years from April 1169 through April 1171. The reigning emperor was .

Change of era

* January 30, 1169 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Nin'an'' 4, on the 8th day of the 4th month of 1169.Brown, p. 332.

Events of the ''Kaō'' era

* 1169 (''Kaō 1, 3rd month''): The former-Emperor Go-Shirakawa made a pilgrimage to Mont Koya.Titsingh
p. 196.
/ref> * 1169 (''Kaō 1, 6th month''): Go-Shirakawa accepted tonsure as a Buddhist priest; and he took the title ''Hōō.'' * 1169 (''Kaō 1, 12th month''): The ''chūnagon'' Fujiwara no Nurisika was banished to Bingo province as a consequence of complaints of Buddhist priests from Mt. Hiei; but shortly thereafter, he was recalled to Heian-kyō because of past services to Emperor Go-Shirakawa.

References

;Specific ;General * 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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* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''

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''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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