- Kanna (era)
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du japon," pp. 148-150; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," p. 300-302; Varely, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki," pp. 192.]
Change of era
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985 : 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 "Eikan" 3, on the 27th day of the 4th month of 985.Brown, p. 302.]Events of the "Kanna" era
* "Kanna 2", in the 6th month (
986 ): Kazan abdicated, and took up residence atKazan-ji where he became a Buddhist monk; and his new priestly name was Nyūkaku. [see above] ]
* "Kanna 2", on the 16th day of the 7th month (986 ): Iyasada"-shinnō" was appointed asheir andcrown prince at age 11. [see above] ] This followed the convention that two imperial lineages took the throne in turn, although Emperor Ichijō was in fact Iyasada's junior. He thus gained thenickname "Sakasa-no moke-no kimi" (the imperial heir in reverse). When Emperor Kanzan abandoned the world for holy orders, this grandson of Kaneie ascended to the throne as Emperor Ichijō. [Varley, p. 195.]References
* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). [
Jien , c.1220] "Gukanshō ; "The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō,' an interpretive history of Japan written in 1219" translated from the Japanese and edited by Delmer M. Brown & Ichirō Ishida." Berkeley:University of California Press . ISBN 0-520-03460-0
* Titsingh, Isaac. (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 Society 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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