Kōan (Kamakura period)

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This article is about the Japanese era name Kōan occurring during the Kamakura period. For other uses, see Koan (disambiguation).

Kōan (弘安, Kōan^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Kenji and before Shōō. This period spanned the years from 1278 through 1288. The reigning emperors were Go-Uda-tennō (後宇多天皇, Go-Uda-tennō^?) and Fushimi-tennō (伏見天皇, Fushimi-tennō^?).^[1]

1 Change of era
2 Events of the Kōan era
3 References
- 3.1 External links

[edit] Change of era

Kōan gannen (弘安元年, Kōan gannen^?); 1278: 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 Kenji 4.

[edit] Events of the Kōan era

Kōan 10, in the 10th month (1287): In the 14th year of Go-Uda-tennō's reign (後宇多天皇14年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by his cousin. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Fushimi is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’).^[2]

[edit] References

^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 262-268; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 233-237.
^ Titsingh, p. 269; 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.]

Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (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 Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. ...Click link to digital, 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 0-231-04940-4