- Kenryaku
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 230-238; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," pp. 341-343; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki." pp. 221-223.]
Change of era
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1211 : The new era name was created because the previous era ended and a new one commenced in "Jōgen" 2, on the 9th day of the 3rd month of 1211. [Brown, p. 341.]Events of the "Kenryaku" era
* "Kenryaku 1", in the 1st month (
1211 ): Shogun Sanetomo's position at court was raised to the 1st rank of the 3rd class.Titsingh, p. 230.]
* "Kenryaku 1", in the 1st month (1211 ): The Buddhist priestHōnen returned to Kyoto from a period of exile. He was the founder and guiding force behind the early development of the nihongo|Sennyuji |泉涌寺,| senyō-ji" temple-complex. [see above] ]
* "Kenryaku 1", on the 20th day of the 12th month (January 25 ,1212 ): The Buddhist priestHōnen died at age 80, mere days after drafted a brief, written summary of his life teachings. This last written document is known as theOne-Sheet Document ("ichimai-kishomon"). [Titsigh, p. 231; [http://www.jodo.org/teachings/teachings02.html Jodo Shu web site] ]
* "Kenryaku 1", on the 16th day of the 1st month (1212 ): The former-Senior High Priest Jien (1155-1225) was appointed Tendai Abbot by Imperial Mandate. He would administer Mt. Hiei for one year before yielding the position on the 11th day of the 1st month of 1213. [Brown, p. 342.]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
* Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida, eds. (1975). "The Tale of the Heike ." Tokyo.University of Tokyo Press . ISBN 0-86008-128-1
* 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 0231-04940-4External 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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