Jōgen (Kamakura period)

Jōgen (承元, Jōgen^?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) after Ken'ei and before Kenryaku. This period spanned the years from 1207 through 1211. The reigning emperors were Tsuchimikado-tennō (土御門天皇, Tsuchimikado-tennō^?) and Juntoku-tennō (順徳天皇, Juntoku-tennō^?).^[1]

[edit] Change of era

Jōgen gannen (承元元年, Jōgen gannen^?); 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.^[2]

Jōgen 2, in the 6th month (1208): The emperor went to the Kumano Sanzan Shrine.^[3]
Jōgen 4, in the 5th month (1210): The emperor returned to the Kumano Shrine.^[4]
Jōgen 4, in the 6th month (1210): The emperor accepted Hideyasu, prince of Kazusa, as part of the court.^[4]
Jōgen 4, in the 8th month (1210): The emperor visited the Kasuga Shrine.^[4]
Jōgen 4, in the 9th month (1210): A comet with a very long tail appeared in the night sky.^[4]
Jōgen 4, on the 25th day of the 11th month (1210): In the 12th year of Tsuchimikado-tennō'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’’).^[5]

^ 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.
^ Brown, p. 340.
^ Titsingh, p. 229.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Titsingh, p. 230.
^ 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 Go-Murakami.]

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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 0231-04940-4