- Jōgen (Kamakura period)
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du japon," pp. 221-231; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," p. 340; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki," pp. 220-221.]
Change of era
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1207 : 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 "Ken'ei" 2, on the 25th day of the 10th month of 1207. [Brown, p. 340.]Events of the "Jōgen" era
* "Jōgen 2", in the 6th month (
1208 ): The emperor went to theKumano Sanzan Shrine. [Titsingh, p. 229.]
* "Jōgen 4", in the 5th month (1210 ): The emperor returned to the Kumano Shrine.Titsingh, p. 230.]
* "Jōgen 4", in the 6th month (1210 ): The emperor accepted Hideyasu, prince of Kazusa, as part of the court. [see above] ]
* "Jōgen 4", in the 8th month (1210 ): The emperor visited theKasuga Shrine . [see above] ]
* "Jōgen 4", in the 9th month (1210 ): A comet with a very long tail appeared in the night sky. [see above] ]
* "Jōgen 4", on the 25th day of the 11th month (1210 ): In the 12th year of Tsuchimikado"-tennō"'s reign (土御門天皇12年), the emperor abdicated for no particular reason; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by his younger brother, the second son of the former-Emperor Go-Toba. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Juntoku is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’). [Titsingh, p. 230; Brown, p. 341; Varley, 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.] ]Notes
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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