- Hōen
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Pokémon "nihongo|Hōen|保延 was a nihongo|Japanese era name|年号,|"nengō",|lit. "
year name" after "Chōshō " and before "Eiji ." This period spanned the years from1135 through1141 . The reigning emperor was nihongo|Sutoku"-tennō"|崇徳天皇. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des emepereurs du japon," pp. 181-185; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," pp. 322-324; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki," pp. 204-205.]Change of Era
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1035 : The new era name "Hōen" was created to mark an event or a series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in "Chōshō" 4, on the 27th day of the 4th month of 1135. [Brown, p. 323.]Events of the "Hōen" Era
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Hōen 2", in the 3rd month (1136 ): The former-Emperor Toba hosted a grand dinner party.Titsingh, p. 184.]
* "Hōen 2", in the 5th month (1136 ): The "sadaijin" Fujiwara Ieyetada died at age 75. [see above] ]
* "Hōen 2", in the 12th month (1136 ): The "udaijin" Minamoto no Arihito was named "sadaijin"; and the "naidaijin" Fujiwara Munetada was named "udaijin". [see above] ]
* "Hōen 2", in the 12th month (1136 ): Fujiwara Yorinaga was appointed Minister of the Center ("naidaijin") at the age of 17.Titsingh, p. 184; Brown, p. 323.]
* "Hōen 4", in the 2nd month (1138 ): The "udaijin" Munetada shaved his head at age 77; and he becomes a Buddhist priest. [see above] ]
* "Hōen 4", in the 9th month (1138 ): The former-Emperor Toba went to Mt. Hiei, where he stayed for seven days. [see above] ]
* "Hōen 6", on the 14th day of the 4th month (1140 ): The priests of the Buddhist temples on Mt. Hiei band together to burn down theMii-dera again. [Brown, p. 324; Titsingh, p. 185.]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, 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 0-231-04940-4
Preceded by: Chōshō Era or "nengō": Hōen Succeeded by: Eiji
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