- Jōan (era)
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 195-200; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," pp. 330-333; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki." pp. 212-214.]
Change of era
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1171 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in "Kaō" 3, on the 21st day of the 4th month of 1171. [Brown, p. 332.]Events of the "Jōan" era
* "Jōan 1", on the 3rd day of the 1st month (
1172 ): The emperor had attained the age of 11 years; accordingly, the hair on his head was shaved as a sign of his coming of age. [Titsingh, p. 196; Brown, 331.]
* "Jōan 1", on the 13th day of the 1st month (1171 ): The young emperor made a visit to the home of former-Emperor Go-Shirakawa , where he first met Tiara-no Tokoku, the adopted daughter of Go-Shirakawa and the actual daughter of Taira no Kiomori. He accepted the 15-year-old girl as on of his consorts, and she moved into his palace. [Titsingh, p. 196.]
* "Jōan 2", 10th day of the 2nd month (1171 ): Taira Kiyomori’s daughter, Tokuko, becomesEmperor Takakura ’s his secondary empress ("chūgo"). [Kitagawa, H. (1975). "The Tale of the Heike," p. 783; Titsingh, p. 197.]
* "Jōan 2", in the 10th month (1172 ): Takakura visited theFushimi Inari-taisha and theYasaka Shrine .Titsingh, p. 197.]
* "Jōan 2", in the 12th month (1172 ): Matsu motofusa ceased to be regent ("sesshō") and "daijō-daijin"; and he obtained the office of "kampaku". [Titsingh, p. 197; Brown, p. 331.]
* "Jōan 3", in the 4th month (1173 ): The emperor visited theIwashimizu Shrine and theKamo Shrines . [see above] ]
* "Jōan 3", in the 10th month (1173 ): The emperor's mother, Ken-shun-mon In, founded the Saishōkō Cloister, which was consecrated at a dedication ceremony in which she was a participant. [Titsingh, p. 197, Brown, p. 333.]
* "Jōan 4", in the 1st month (1174 ): The emperor made visits to his father and to his mother. [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
* 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 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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