, also called Jinji, was a after ''

En'ō was a after ''Ryakunin'' and before ''Ninji.'' This period spanned the years from February 1239 to July 1240. The reigning emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834) ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 242-244 Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Sh ...

'' and before ''

Kangen was a after ''Ninji'' and before '' Hoji.'' This period spanned the years from February 1243 to February 1247. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * ; 1243: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previou ...

.'' This period spanned the years from August 1240 to January 1243. The reigning emperors were and .

Change of era

* 1240 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''En'ō'' 2.

Events of the ''Ninji'' era

* 1242 (''Ninji 3, 10th day of the 1st month''): In the 10th year of Shijō''-tennō''s reign (四条天皇10年), the emperor died suddenly; and despite a dispute over who should follow him as sovereign, contemporary scholars then construed that the succession (''senso'') was received by the second son of former Emperor Tsuchimikado. * 1242 (''Ninji 3, 5th month''): Emperor Go-Saga is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui''). * July 14, 1242 (''Ninji 3, 15th day of the 6th month''):

Hōjō Yasutoki Hōjō Yasutoki (; 1183 – July 14, 1242) was the third ''shikken'' (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan. He strengthened the political system of the Hōjō regency. Life He was the eldest son of second ''shikken'' Hōjō Yoshitoki. Acc ...

died at age 60. From ''Gennin'' 1, or during 19 years, Yasutoki had been the regent or prime minister (''shikken'') of the Kamakura shogunate. Yasutoki's son,

Hōjō Tsunetoki was the fourth ''Shikken'' (1242–1246) of the Kamakura shogunate. He was son of Hōjō Tokiuji and of a former wife of Adachi Kagemori, elder brother of Hōjō Tokiyori and grandson of Hōjō Yasutoki. He ruled from 1242 to 1246 and founded Kō ...

succeeded him as ''shikken'', but

Kujō Yoritsune , also known as , was the fourth ''shōgun'' of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. His father was '' kanpaku'' Kujō Michiie and his grandmother was a niece of Minamoto no Yoritomo. His wife was a granddaughter of Minamoto no Yoritomo and daughter ...

himself took charge of the bakufu.Titsingh
p. 246.
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Notes

References

* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''
Cambridge:

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* 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:

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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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