was a after ''
Kyūju'' and before ''
Heiji.'' This period spanned the years from April 1156 through April 1159. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* January 24, 1156 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Kyūju'' 3, on the 24th day of the 4th month of 1156.
Events of the ''Hōgen'' era
* July 20, 1156 (''Hōgen 1, 2nd day of the 7th month''): Cloistered
Emperor Toba-in died at age 54.
* July 28–August 16, 1156 (''Hōgen 1, 10th-29th days of the 7th month''): The
''Hōgen'' Rebellion, also known as the ''Hōgen'' Insurrection or the ''Hōgen'' War.
* 1156 (''Hōgen 1, 9th month''): The ''
naidaijin'' Fujiwara Saneyoshi was named ''
sadaijin''. The ''
dainagon
was a counselor of the first rank in the Imperial court of Japan. The role dates from the 7th century.
This advisory position remained a part of the Imperial court from the 8th century until the Meiji period in the 19th century.Nussbaum, "Dainag ...
'' Fujiwara Koremichi became ''naidaijin.'' After the war, tranquility was restored throughout the empire; and the emperor himself was in charge of the government. A special building was constructed in Kyoto, where—as in the days of
Emperor Go-Sanjo, requests and complaints were received and examined.
[Titsingh]
p. 190.
/ref>
* 1157 (''Hōgen 2, 8th month''): Sanjō Saneyuki was dismissed from his position as '' daijō-daijin''; and in the same month, the ''sadaijin'' Saneyoshi died. The '' udaijin'' Fujiwara no Munesuke was made ''daijō-daijin''. The ''naidaijin'' Koremichi was made ''sadaijin''. Fujiwara no Moresane, who was the 15-year-old son of son of '' kampaku'' Fujiwara no Tadamichi, became ''udaijin''. The ''dainagon'' Sanjō Kinori, who was the son of Saneyuki, obtained the position of ''naidaijin.''[Titsingh]
p. 191.
/ref>
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: Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press (HUP) is an academic publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University. It is a member of the Association of University Presses. Its director since 2017 is George Andreou.
The pres ...
.
OCLC 58053128
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). '' Nihon Odai 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
Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's la ...
.
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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