Kempo (era)

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Template:Nihongo was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) after Kenryaku and before Jōkyū. This period spanned the years from December 1213 through April 1219.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kempo" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 507; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Template:Webarchive.</ref> The reigning emperor was Juntoku-tennō (順徳天皇).<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 230-238; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 341-343; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 221-223.</ref>

Change of era

  • 1213 Template:Nihongo: The new era name was created because the previous era ended and a new one commenced in Kenryaku 3, on the 6th day of the 12th month of 1213.<ref>Brown, p. 341.</ref>

Events of the Kempo era

  • 1213 (Kempo 1, 1st day of the 1st month): There was an earthquake at Kamakura.<ref>Titsingh, p. 231.</ref>
  • 1213 (Kempo 1, 11th month): Fujiwara no Teika, also known as Fujiwara no Sadeie offered a collection of 8th century poems to Shōgun Sanetomo. These poems were collectively known as the Man'yōshū.<ref name="t233">Titsingh, p. 233.</ref>
  • 1214 (Kempo 2, 2nd month): Shōgun Sanetomo, having drunk too much sake, was feeling somewhat uncomfortable; and the Buddhist priest Eisai, who was the grand priest of the Jufuku-ji temple-complex, presented the shōgun with an excellent tea, which restored his good health.<ref name="t233"/>
  • 1214 (Kempo 2, 3rd month): The emperor went to Kasuga.<ref name="t233"/>
  • 1214 (Kempo 2, 4th month): A group of militant priests living on Mt. Hiei set fire to the central temple structure at Enryaku-ji. The damage was repaired at the expense of Shōgun Sanetomo.<ref name="t233"/>
  • 1215 (Kempo 3, 1st month): Hōjō Tokimasa died at age 78 in the mountains of Izu province.<ref name="t233"/>
  • 1215 (Kempo 3, 6th month): The well-known priest Eisai died at age 75; his remains were interred at the temple of Kennin-ji which he had founded in Kyoto.<ref name="t233"/>
  • 1215 (Kempo 3, 8th-9th months): There were many, serial earthquakes in the Kamakura area.<ref name="t233"/>
  • 1217 (Kempo 5, 8th-9th months): The emperor visited the Shrines at Hirano and at Ōharano near Kyoto.<ref>Titsingh, p. 254.</ref>

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