was a after '' Bunji'' and before ''

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Change of era

* 1190 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Bunji'' 6, on the 14th day of the 8th month of 1185.Brown, p. 337.

Events of the ''Kenkyū'' era

* 1192 (''Kenkyū 3, 13th day of the 3rd month''): The former-

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died at the age of 66. He had been father or grandfather to five emperors --

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, the 78th emperor;

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, the 79th emperor;

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, the 80th emperor;

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, the 81st emperor; and Go-Toba, the 82nd emperor. * 1192 (''Kenkyū 3, 12th day of the 7th month''):

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is named commander-in-chief of the forces to fight the barbarians.Kitagawa p. 788. * 1195 (''Kenkyū 6, 4th day of the 3rd month''): Shōgun Yoritomo revisits the capital. * 1198 (''Kenkyū 9, 11th day of the 1st month''): In the 15th year of Go-Toba''-tennō''s reign (後鳥天皇15年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (''senso'') was received by his eldest son. * 1198 (''Kenkyū 9, 3rd month''): Emperor Tsuchimikado is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'').Titsingh, p.221; Varley, p. 44. * 1199 (''Kenkyū 10, 13th day of the 1st month''): Shōgun Yoritomo dies at age 53 in Kamakura.

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

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* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). '' Nihon Ōdai Ichiran''; 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 Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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Change of era

Events of the ''Kenkyū'' era

See also

Notes

References

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