- Kennin
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du japon," pp. 221-227; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," p. 340; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki," pp. 220-221.]
Change of era
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1201 : The new era name was created to mark an event of shin'yū (辛酉), which is considered as the year of revolution inSexagenary cycle . The previous era ended and a new one commenced in "Shōji" 3, on the 13th day of the 2nd month of 1201. [Brown, p. 340.]Events of the "Kennin" era
* "Kennin 2", in the 1st month (
1202 ): Nitta Yoshishige, the deputy director for cuisine of Dairi (大炊助) inDaijō-kan , died. His court rank had been of the second rank of the fifth class (従五位下).Titsingh, p. 225.]
* "Kennin 2", in the 7th month (1202 ):Minamoto no Yoriie was raised in the court's hierarchic standing to the second rank of the second class; and he was created the 2nd shogun of theKamakura shogunate . [see above] ]
* "Kennin 2", in the 10th month (1202 ): "Naidaijin"Minamoto no Michichika died at at 54; and his court position was then filled by "dainagon" Fujiwara no Takatada. [see above] ]
* "Kennin 3", in the 8th month (1203 ): Shogun Yoriie fell gravely ill. [see above] ]
* "Kennin 3", in the 9th month (1203 ): Yoriie shaved his head and became a Buddhist priest; and the emperor namedMinamoto no Sanetomo as the 3rd shogun; andHōjō Tokimasa became Sanetomo's "shikken " (regent). [ Titsingh, p. 226.]References
* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). [
Jien , 1221] , "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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