was a after '' Jōan'' and before ''

Jishō was a after '' Angen'' and before '' Yōwa''. This period spanned the years from August 1177 through July 1181. The reigning emperors were and . Change of era * 1177 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The ...

.'' This period spanned the years from July 1175 through August 1177. The reigning emperor was .

Change of era

* 1175 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Jōan'' 5, on the 28th day of the 7th month of 1175.

Events of the ''Angen'' era

* 1175 (''Angen 1, 22nd day of the 2nd month''): the ''

naidaijin The , literally meaning "Inner Minister", was an ancient office in the Japanese imperial court, Japanese Imperial Court. Its role, rank and authority varied throughout the pre-Meiji period, Meiji period of Japanese history, but in general remain ...

'' Minamoto no Masamichi died at age 58. * 1175 (''Angen 1, 11th month''): Fujiwara no Moronaga was named ''naidaijin''. * 1176 (''Angen 2, 3rd month''): Emperor Takakura visited his father, former-

Emperor Go-Shirakawa was the 77th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His de jure reign spanned the years from 1155 through 1158, though arguably he effectively maintained imperial power for almost thirty-seven years through the ''ins ...

, on the occasion of his 50th birthday. * 1176 (''Angen 2, 19th day of the 7th month''): The former-

Emperor Rokujō was the 79th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1165 through 1168. Genealogy Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his ''imina'') was Nobuhito''-sh ...

died at the age of 13; and also in this same month, Takakura's mother, Empress Kenshun-mon In (formerly Taira Sigeko) died. * 1176 (''Angen 2, 7th month''): Fujiwara no Morotaka, daimyō of Kaga, was in a dispute with the priests of

Mt. Hiei is a mountain to the northeast of Kyoto, lying on the border between the Kyoto and Shiga Prefectures, Japan. The temple of Enryaku-ji, the first outpost of the Japanese Tendai (Chin. Tiantai) sect of Buddhism, was founded atop Mount Hiei by ...

; and his younger brother, Fujiwara no Morotsune, set fire to some of the temple buildings. The priests complained to the emperor, demanding that Morotaka be exiled and the Morotsune should be put in prison. However, because Fujiwara no Seiko, the father of these two brothers, was a great friend of Go-Shirakawa, the affair was allowed to lie dormant. * May 27, 1177 (''Angen 3, 28th day, 4th month''): A fire burned the university structure to ashes.Minakata Kumagusu and F. Victor Dickens. (1905). "A Japanese Thoreau of the Twelfth Century,"

Notes

References

* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979)
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* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
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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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External links

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