Jōgen (Kamakura period)

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Template:Nihongo was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) after Ken'ei and before Kenryaku. This period spanned the years from October 1207 through March 1211.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Jōgen" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 429; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.</ref> The reigning emperors were Template:Nihongo and Template:Nihongo.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 221-231; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 340; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 220-221.</ref>

Change of era

• 1207 Template:Nihongo; 1207: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Ken'ei 2, on the 25th day of the 10th month of 1207.<ref>Brown, p. 340.</ref>

Events of the Jōgen era

• 1208 (Jōgen 2, 6th month): The emperor went to the Kumano Sanzan Shrine.<ref>Titsingh, p. 229.</ref>
• 1210 (Jōgen 4, 5th month): The emperor returned to the Kumano Shrine.<ref name="t230">Titsingh, p. 230.</ref>
• 1210 (Jōgen 4, 6th month): The emperor accepted Hideyasu, prince of Kazusa, as part of the court.<ref name="t230"/>
• 1210 (Jōgen 4, 8th month): The emperor visited the Kasuga Shrine.<ref name="t230"/>
• 1210 (Jōgen 4, 9th month): A comet with a very long tail appeared in the night sky.<ref name="t230"/>
• 1210 (Jōgen 4, 25th day of the 11th month): In the 12th year of Tsuchimikado-tennōTemplate:'s reign (土御門天皇12年), the emperor abdicated for no particular reason; and the succession (senso) was received by his younger brother, the second son of the former-Emperor Go-Toba. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Juntoku is said to have acceded to the throne (sokui).<ref>Titsingh, p. 230; Brown, p. 341; Varley, 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 Emperor Go-Murakami.</ref>

References

• Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida. (1979). The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō', an interpretative history of Japan written in 1219. Berkeley: University of California Press. Template:ISBN; OCLC 5145872
• Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida, eds. (1975). The Tale of the Heike. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. Template:ISBN; Template:ISBN; Template:ISBN; Template:ISBN; OCLC 193064639
• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Template:ISBN; OCLC 58053128
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai 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. Template:ISBN; OCLC 6042764

External links

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