was a

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(年号, ''nengō'', lit. year name) after ''

Kenryaku was a after '' Jōgen'' and before '' Kempo.'' This period spanned the years from March 1211 through December 1213. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 1211 : The new era name was created because the previous era ended and a new one co ...

'' and before ''

Jōkyū , also called Shōkyū, was a Japanese era name (年号, ''nengō'', lit. year name) after '' Kempō'' and before '' Jōō.'' This period spanned the years from April 1219 through April 1222.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Jōkyū''" i ''J ...

.'' This period spanned the years from December 1213 through April 1219. The reigning emperor was

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''-tennō'' (順徳天皇).

Change of era

* 1213 : The new era name was created because the previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Kenryaku'' 3, on the 6th day of the 12th month of 1213.

Events of the ''Kempo'' era

* 1213 (''Kempo 1, 1st day of the 1st month''): There was an earthquake at

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. * 1213 (''Kempo 1, 11th month''):

Fujiwara no Teika , better-known as Fujiwara no Teika"Sadaie" and "Teika" are both possible readings of ; "...there is the further problem, the rendition of the name in romanized form. Teika probably referred to himself as Sadaie, and his father probably called ...

, also known as Fujiwara no Sadeie offered a collection of 8th century poems to Shōgun Sanetomo. These poems were collectively known as the

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.Titsingh, p. 233. * 1214 (''Kempo 2, 2nd month''): Shōgun Sanetomo, having drunk too much sake, was feeling somewhat uncomfortable; and the Buddhist priest

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, who was the grand priest of the

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temple-complex, presented the shōgun with an excellent tea, which restored his good health. * 1214 (''Kempo 2, 3rd month''): The emperor went to

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. * 1214 (''Kempo 2, 4th month''): A group of militant priests living on

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set fire to the central temple structure at

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. The damage was repaired at the expense of Shōgun Sanetomo. * 1215 (''Kempo 3, 1st month''):

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died at age 78 in the mountains of

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. * 1215 (''Kempo 3, 6th month''): The well-known priest

died at age 75; his remains were interred at the temple of

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which he had founded in Kyoto. * 1215 (''Kempo 3, 8th-9th months''): There were many, serial earthquakes in the

area. * 1217 (''Kempo 5, 8th-9th months''): The emperor visited the Shrines at Hirano and at Ōharano near Kyoto.Titsingh, p. 254.

Notes

References

* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida. (1979). ''The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō', an interpretative history of Japan written in 1219.'' Berkeley:

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* Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida, eds. (1975). ''

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.'' Tokyo:

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OCLC 193064639
* 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.''
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* Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa.'' New York:

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External links

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