, also romanized as Kyū-an, was a after '' Ten'yō'' and before '' Ninpei.'' This period spanned the years from July 1145 through January 1151. The reigning emperor was .

Change of Era

* January 25, 1145 : The new era name was created because a comet was sighted in the sky in the 7th month of ''Ten'yō gannen''.Titsingh
p. 186.
/ref> One era ended and a new one commenced in ''Ten'yō'' 1, on the 22nd day of the 7th month of 1145.

Events

* 1145 (''Kyūan 1, 8th month''): The mother of former-

Emperor Sutoku was the 75th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 崇徳天皇 (75)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession. Sutoku's reign spanned the years from 1123 through 1142. Genealogy Before his ascension to the Chr ...

, Taiken-mon In, died. * 1146 (''Kyūan 2, 2nd month''),

Emperor Konoe was the 76th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 近衛天皇 (76)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession. Konoe's reign spanned the years from 1142 through 1155. Genealogy Before his ascension to the Chr ...

visited

Emperor Toba was the 74th Emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 鳥羽天皇 (74)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession. Toba's reign spanned the years from 1107 through 1123. Genealogy Before his ascension to the Ch ...

-no''-Hōō''. * 1146 (''Kyūan 2, 12th month''), Konoe joined in a celebration honoring '' Sesshō'' Fujiwara no Tadamichi (the regent) on his 58th birthday.Titsingh
p. 186
this event was important because, in each

sexagenary cycle The sexagenary cycle, also known as the gānzhī (干支) or stems-and-branches, is a cycle of sixty terms, each corresponding to one year, thus amounting to a total of sixty years every cycle, historically used for recording time in China and t ...

, the first and the fifty-eighth years were considered to be auspicious according to Chinese astrological principles. * 1148 (''Kyūan 4, 6th month, 26th day''): The imperial palace was consumed by flames.Titsingh
p. 187.
/ref> * 1150 (''Kyūan 6, 1st month''): Konoe assumed the role of a mature adult; and he married Fujiwara-no Tokoku, who had been raised by ''

sadaijin The ''Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary'', Kenkyusha Limited, was a government position in Japan during the Asuka to Meiji era. The Asuka Kiyomihara Code of 689 marks the initial appearance of the ''Sadaijin'' in the context of a cent ...

'' Fujiwara-no Yorinaga. Tokoku was the daughter of ''

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 ...

'' Taira-no Kiyomori. This bride became '' kōgū'' (first empress). * 1150 (''Kyūan 6, 3rd month''): Konoe married again, this time to a daughter raised by ''Sesshō'' Fujiwara-no Tadamichi. She was the daughter of ''Dainagon'' Fujiwara-no Koremichi. This bride became '' chūgyo'' (second empress). Konoe was so very much enamoured of this second wife that he neglected his first wife, which caused discord in the ''

kugyō is the collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras. The term generally referred to the and court officials and denoted a court rank between First Rank and Third Rank un ...

'', especially between Tadamichi and Yorinaga. * 1150 (''Kyūan 6, 12th month''): ''Sesshō'' Minamoto-no Tadamichi, resigns his position and is named '' daijō daijin''. In this same month, Minamoto-no Yoshikane became head of the

Ashikaga clan The was a Japanese samurai Japanese clans, clan and dynasty which established the Ashikaga shogunate and ruled History of Japan, Japan from roughly 1333 to 1573. The Ashikaga were descended from a branch of the Minamoto clan, deriving originall ...

Shimotsuke Province was a Provinces of Japan, province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today Tochigi Prefecture.Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''SHimotsuke''" in . Shimotsuke was bordered by Kōzuke Province, Kōzuke, Hitachi Province, ...

Notes

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* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
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Nihon Odai Ichiran Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in t ...

''; ou
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External links

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-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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