was a after ''

Hōan was a after ''Gen'ei'' and before '' Tenji.'' This period spanned the years from April 1120 through April 1124. The reigning emperors were and . Change of era * February 1, 1120 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of ev ...

'' and before '' Daiji.'' This period spanned the years from April 1124 through January 1126. The reigning emperor was .

Change of era

* January 19, 1124 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Hōan'' 5, on the 3rd day of the 4th month of 1126.

Events of the ''Tenji'' era

* 1124 (''Tenji 1, 2nd month''): Former-

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and former-Emperor Toba went in carriages to outside the city where they could all together enjoy contemplating the flowers. Taiken-mon In (formerly Fujiwara no Shōshi), who was Toba's empress and Sutoku's mother, joined the procession along with many other women of the court. Their cortege was brilliant and colorful. A great many men of the court in hunting clothes followed the ladies in this parade.

Fujiwara Tadamichi was the eldest son of the Japanese regent (''Sessho and Kampaku, Kampaku'') Fujiwara no Tadazane and a member of the politically powerful Fujiwara clan. He was the father of Fujiwara no Kanefusa and Jien. In the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156, Tadamic ...

then followed in a carriage, accompanied by bands of musicians and women who were to sing for the emperors.Titsingh
p. 182
Varley, p. 204. * 1124 (''Tenji 1, 10th month''): Horikawa visited

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.Titsingh
p. 182.
/ref> * 1125 (''Tenji 2, 10th month''): The emperor visited Iwashimizu Shrine and the Kamo Shrines; and afterward, he also visited the shrines Hirano, Ōharano, Mutsunoo, Kitano,

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and several others.

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 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

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