- Kyūan
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des emepereurs du japon," pp. 186-188; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," pp. 324-326; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki," p. 205.]
Change of Era
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1145 : The new era name was created because a comet was sighted in the sky in the 7th month of "Ten'yō gannen".Titsingh, p. 186.] One era ended and a new one commenced in "Ten'yō" 1, on the 22nd day of the 7th month of 1145. [Brown, pp. 325-326.]Events of the "Kyūan" Era
* "Kyūan 1", in the 8th month (
1145 ): The mother of former-Emperor Sutoku , Taiken-mon In, died. [see above] ]
* "Kyūan 2", in the 2nd month (1146 ),Emperor Konoe visitedEmperor Toba -no"-Hōō". [see above] ]
* "Kyūan 2", in the 12th month (1146 ), Konoe joined in a celebration honoring "Sesshō "Fujiwara no Tadamichi (the regent) on his 58th birthday. [Titsingh, p. 186. ["This event was important because, in eachsexagenary cycle , the first and the fifty-eighth years were considered to be auspicious according to Chinese astrological principles".] ]
* "Kyūan 4", in the 6th month (1148 ): The imperial palace was consumed by flames.Titsingh, p. 187.]
* "Kyūan 6", in the 1st month (1150 ): Konoe assumed the role of a mature adult; and he married Fujiwara-no Tokoku, who had been raised by "Sadaijin " Fujiwara-no Yorinaga. Tokoku was the daughter of "Dainagon " Taira-no Kiyomori. This bride became "kōgū" (first empress). [see above] ]
* "Kyūan 6", in the 3rd month (1150 ): Konoe married again, this time to a daughter raised by "Sesshō" Fujiwara-no Tadamichi. She was the daughter of "Dainagon" Fujiwara-no Koremichi. This bride became "chūgyo" (second empress). Konoe was so very much enamoured of this second wife that he neglected his first wife, which caused discord in the "kugyō ," especially between Tadamichi and Yorinaga. [see above] ]
* "Kyūan 6", in the 12th month (1150 ): "Sesshō" Minamoto-no Tadamichi, resigns his position and is named "Daijō Daijin ". In this same month, Minamoto-no Yoshikane became head of theAshikaga clan inShimotsuke province. [see above] ]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
* 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 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]
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