Kenchō

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Kenchō (建長, Kenchō^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Hōji and before Kōgen. This period spanned the years from 1249 to 1256. The reigning emperor was Fukakusa-tennō (後深草天皇, Fukakusa-tennō^?).^[1]

Contents 1 Change of era 2 Events of the Kenchō era 3 References 3.1 External links

[edit] Change of era

• Kenchō gannen (建長元年, Kenchō gannen^?); 1249: 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 Hōji 3.

[edit] Events of the Kenchō era

• Kenchō 1 (1249):

[edit] References

• 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 for digitized 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

[edit] External links

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

Kenchō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Gregorian	1249	1250	1251	1252	1253	1254	1255	1256

Preceded by: Hōji

Era or nengō: Kenchō

Succeeded by: Kōgen

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