- Kenchō
nihongo|Kenchō|建長| was a nihongo|Japanese era name|年号,|"nengō",|lit. "
year name" after "Hōji " and before "Kōgen ." This period spanned the years from1249 to1256 . The reigning emperor was nihongo|Fukakusa"-tennō"|後深草天皇. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 248-255; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki." p. 231-232.]Change of era
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1249 : 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 "Hōji" 3.Events of the "Kenchō" era
* "Kenchō 1" (
1249 ):References
* Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/
Hayashi Gahō , 1652] , "Nipon o daï itsi ran ; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth." Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran ...Click link for digitized full text copy of this book (in French)]
* Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [Kitabatake Chikafusa , 1359] , "Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley)." New York:Columbia University Press . ISBN 0-231-04940-4External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]
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