- Kan'ei
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Change of era
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1624 : The era name was changed to mark the start of a new cycle of the Chinese zodiac. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in "Genna" 9, on the 30th day of the 2nd month. This era name is derived from 寛広、永長 (meaning "Broad Leniency, Eternal Leader")Events of the "Kan'ei" era
* "Kan'ei 1" (
1629 ): Construction on the Hōei-zan temple began.Titsingh, p. 411.]
* "Kan'ei 3", on the 16th day of the 9th month (November 4 ,1626 ):Emperor Go-Mizunoo and the empress visited toNijō Castle ; and they were accompanied by Princes of the Blood, palace ladies and "kuge". Among the precedents for this was the Tenshō era visit of Emperor Go-Yōozei to Hideyoshi's extravagant Heian-kyo mansion, Juraku-dai (which Hideyoshi himself would tear down in the 12th month ofBunroku 2). [Ponsonby-Fane, p. 317.]
* "Kan'ei 6" (1627 ): The nihongo|"Purple Clothes Incident"|紫衣事件,|"shi-e jiken" -- The Emperor was accused of having bestowed honorific purple garments to more than ten priests despite the shogun's edict which banned them for two years (probably in order to break the bond between the Emperor and religious circles). The shogunate intervened making the bestowing of the garments invalid.
* "Kan'ei 6", on the 8th day of the 11th month (1629 ): The emperor renounced the throne in favor of his daughter, Kyōshi [see above] ]
* "Kan'ei 9", on the 24th day of the 1st month (1632 ): Former Shogun Hidetada died. [see above] ]
* "Kanei 10", on the 20th day of the 1st month (1633 ): There was an earthquake in Odawara in the Sagami. [see above] ]
* "Kanei 11", in the 7th month (1634 ): ShogunTokugawa Iemitsu appeared at Court in Miyako; and he visited ex-emperor Go-Mizunoo (August 27th). [Titsingh, p. 411: Ponsonby-Fane, p. 317] :*"Bunkyu 3", on the 5th day of the 3rd month (April 22 ,1863 ): ShogunTokugawa Iemochi came to the capital and had an audience. This was the first time since the visit of Iemitsu in "Kan’ei" 11, 230 years before, that a shogun had visited Heian-kyō. In "Bunkyo" 3, Iemochi was summoned by theEmperor Komei ; and when he traveled from Edo to the capital, the shogun had 3,000 retainers as escort. [Ponsonby-Fane, p. 325.]
* "Kanei 12" (1635 ): An ambassador from the King of Korea is received in Heian-kyō. [see above] ]
* "Kanei 14" (1637 ): There is a major Christian rebellion in Arima and Shimabara; shogunal forces are sent to quell the disturbance. [see above] ] (Shimabara Rebellion )
* "Kanei 15" (1638 ): The Christian revolt is crushed; and 37,000 of the rebels are killed. The Christian religion is extirpated in Japan. [see above] ]
* "Kanei 17" (1640 ): A Spanish ship from Macao brought a delegation of 61 people to Nagasaki. They arrived on July 6, 1640; and on August 9th, all of them were decapitated and their heads were stuck on poles. [see above] ]
* "Kanei 20" (1643 ): An ambassador from the king of Korea arrives in Heian-kyō.Titsingh, p. 412.]
* "Kanei 20", on the 29th day of the 9th month (1643 ): In the 15th year of Meishō"-tennō"'s reign (明正天皇15年), the empress abdicated; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by her brother.Titsingh, p. 412; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki," p. 44. [A distinct act of "senso" is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have "senso" and "sokui" in the same year until the reign of Go-Murakami.] ]
* "Kanei 20", on the 23rd day of the 4th month (1643 ): Emperor Go-Komyō is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’). [see above] ]References
* Ponsonby-Fane, Richard A.B. (1956). "Kyoto: the Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869." Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society.
* Screech, Timon. (2006). "Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822." London:RoutledgeCurzon . ISBN 0-700-71720-X
* 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 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)]External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]
* Bank of Japan: [http://www.imes.boj.or.jp/cm/english_htmls/feature_gra1-7.htm "Kan'ei Tsuho"] , "Bunsen" (copper coin = one mon)
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