Kanji (era)

964–968	Kōhō
968–970	Anna
970–973	Tenroku
973–976	Ten'en
976–978	Jōgen
978–983	Tengen
983–985	Eikan
985–987	Kanna
987–988	Eien
988–990	Eiso
990–995	Shōryaku
995–999	Chōtoku
999–1004	Chōhō
1004–1012	Kankō
1012–1017	Chōwa
1017–1021	Kannin
1021–1024	Jian
1024–1028	Manju
1028–1037	Chōgen
1037–1040	Chōryaku

806–810	Daidō
810–824	Kōnin
824–834	Tenchō
834–848	Jōwa
848–851	Kashō
851–854	Ninju
854–857	Saikō
857–859	Ten'an
859–877	Jōgan
877–885	Gangyō
885–889	Ninna
889–898	Kanpyō
898–901	Shōtai
901–923	Engi
923–931	Enchō
931–938	Jōhei
938–947	Tengyō
947–957	Tenryaku
957–961	Tentoku
961–964	Ōwa

645–650	Taika
650–654	Hakuchi
686–686	Shuchō
701–704	Taihō
704–708	Keiun
708–715	Wadō
Nara
715–717	Reiki
717–724	Yōrō
724–729	Jinki
729–749	Tenpyō
749	Tenpyō-kanpō
749–757	Tenpyō-shōhō
757–765	Tenpyō-hōji
765–767	Tenpyō-jingo
767–770	Jingo-keiun
770–781	Hōki
781–782	Ten'ō
782–806	Enryaku

Last updated April 03, 2024 • 2 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Kanji (寛治) was a Japanese era (年号, nengō, "year name") after Ōtoku and before Kahō . This period spanned the years from April 1087 through December 1094.^[1] The reigning emperor was Emperor Horikawa (堀河天皇).^[2]

Change of era

February 6, 1087Kanji gannen (寛治元年): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Ōtoku 4, on the 7th day of the 4th month of 1087.^[3]

Events of the Kanji era

1087 (Kanji 1, 5th month): Daijō-tennō Shirakawa retired himself to Uji.^[4]
1088 (Kanji 2, 1st month): The emperor paid a visit to his father's home.^[5]
1088 (Kanji 2, 10th month): Shirakawa visited the temples at Mt. Hiei.^[5]
January 28, 1088 (Kanji 2, 14th day of the 12th month): The sesshō Fujiwara Morozane was given additional honors with the further title of daijō-daijin .^[6] In this context, it matters a great deal that the mother of Emperor Horikowa, formerly the daughter of udaijin Minamoto no Akifusa, was also formerly the adopted child of Morozane.^[7]
1089 (Kanji 3, 5th month): Shirakawa made a second visit to Mt. Hiei; and this time, he stayed seven days.^[5]
1090 (Kanji 4, 12th month): Fujiwara Morozane was relieved of his responsibilities as sesshō and he was simultaneously named kampaku.^[5]
March 26, 1094 (Kanji 8, 8th day of the 3rd month): Morozane resigned from his position as kampaku.^[8]

Notes

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kanji" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 471 , p. 471, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today .
↑ 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.
↑ Brown, p. 319.
↑ Titsingh, p. 172.
1 2 3 4 Titsingh, p. 173.
↑ Titsingh, p. 173; Brown, p. 318.
↑ Varley, p. 202.
↑ Brown, p. 318.

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References

Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-03460-0; OCLC 251325323
Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran ; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231049405; OCLC 6042764

External links

National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kanji" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 471 , p. 471, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today .

[2] 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.

[3] Brown, p. 319.

[t172-4] Titsingh, p. 172.

[t173-5] 1 2 3 4 Titsingh, p. 173.

[6] Titsingh, p. 173; Brown, p. 318.

[7] Varley, p. 202.

[8] Brown, p. 318.

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