- Kantoku
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 160-162; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," pp. 310-311; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki." p. 195-196.]
Change of era
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1044 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in "Chokyu" 5, on the 24th day of the 11th month of 1044.Brown, p. 311.]Events of the "Kantoku" era
* "Kantoku 2", on the 16th day of the 1st month (
1045 ): Emperor Go-Suzaku abdicated; and his eldest son receive the succession (‘‘senso’’) on the same day. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Go-Reizei formally accedes to the throne (‘‘sokui’’). [Brown, p. 311; 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.] ] The following year, the era name is changed to mark the beginning of Go-Reizei's reign. [see above] ]
* "Kantoku 2", on the 18th day in the 1st month (1045 ): Go-Suzaku died at the age of 37. [Titsingh, p. 160; Brown, p. 311.]References
* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). [
Jien , 12221] , "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. (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 Society 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 0-231-04940-4External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]
Kantoku 1st 2nd 3rd Gregorian 1044 1045 1046 Preceded by: Chōkyū Era or "nengō": Kantoku Succeeded by:
Eishō
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