was a after ''
Bunpō'' and before ''
Genkō''. This period spanned the period from April 1319 through February 1321. The reigning Emperor was .
[Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 278–281; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki''. pp. 239–241.]
Change of era
* 1319 : The new era name was created to mark the accession of Emperor Go-Daigo and the beginning of his reign. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Bunpō'' 3. The era name was taken from the ''
Old Book of Tang
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''.
Events of the ''Gen'ō'' era
After the abdication of Emperor Hanazono in ''Bunpō'' 2, Takaharu-shinno was proclaimed emperor at the age of 31.
Nijō Michihira was ''
kampaku'' (chancellor); but the court remained under the direction of former-
Emperor Go-Uda.
Prince Morikuni was the shōgun in
Kamakura
, officially , is a city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. It is located in the Kanto region on the island of Honshu. The city has an estimated population of 172,929 (1 September 2020) and a population density of 4,359 people per km2 over the tota ...
; and the ''
daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and no ...
'' of
Sagami,
Hōjō Takatoki, was ''shikken'' or chief minister of the shogunate.
[Titsingh, p. 281.]
* 1319 (''Gen'ō 1', 3rd month''): Prince Kuniyoshi, the son of former-
Emperor Go-Nijō, was declared Crown Prince (''tōgu'').
* 1319 (''Gen'ō 1, 6th month''): The ''
sadaijin'' (minister of the left),
Konoe Tsunehira, died.
* 1319 (''Gen'ō 1, in the 8th month''): The emperor took Kishi, the daughter of
Saionji Sanekane, as one of his concubines; and she became a favorite. In addition, he had many concubines, which meant that he had many sons and daughters.
* 1319 (''Gen'ō 1, 12th month''):
Nijō Michihira was obliged to resign his position as ''kampaku'' because of pressure from the
bakufu in Kamakura; and
Ichijō Uchitsune became ''kampaku'' instead.
[Titsingh, p. 282.]
* 1330 (''Gen'ō 2, 5th month''):
Hōjō Tokiasu, the ''
kanrei'' in Kyoto, died at
Rokuhara mansion, which was the stronghold of the Kamakura shogunate in the capital. Tokiasu's shogunate position was also known as
Rokuhara ''Tandai'' and ''Kitakata''.
* 1320 (''Gen'ō 2, 5th month''): The former regent,
Kujō Moronori died at age 48.
Notes
References
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia''.Cambridge:
Harvard University Press
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The pres ...
.
OCLC 58053128*
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:
Columbia University Press
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.
OCLC 6042764
External links
*
National Diet Library
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, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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