- Kahō
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 172-176; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," p. 319; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki," p. 202.]
Change of Era
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1094 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in "Kanji" 8, on the 15th day of the 12th month of 1094. [Brown, p. 319.]Events of the "Kahō" Era
* "Kahō 2", in the 4th month (
1095 ): Emperor Horikawa paid visits to theIwashimizu Shrine and to theKamo Shrines .Titsingh, p. 176.]
* "Kahō 2", in the 8th month (1095 ): The emperor was stricken with intermittent fevers; and he ordered prayers to be offered for his return to good health. After Horikawa recovered his health, he was generous and appreciative to theBuddhist priests who had prayed for his recovery. [see above] ]
* "Kahō 2", in the 11th month (1095 ): The Buddhist priests ofMt. Hiei came down from their mountain to protest a dispute with Minamoto Yoshitsuna and other government officials which had led to military action and bloodshed. The priests carried a portable shrine as far as the central hall ofEnryaku-ji , where a curse was laid on "daijō-daijin " Fujiwara Moromichi. [Brown, p. 320 n51; Kitagawa, Hiroshi, "et al.", eds. (1975). "The Tale of the Heike," pp. 129-130.]
* "Kahō 3", on the 9th day of the 11th month (1096 ): Former-Emperor Shirakawa entered the Buddhist priesthood at the age of 44. [Brown, p. 316.]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 0-86008-189-3
* 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]
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