En'ō
{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1239–1240 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|En'ō|延応|}} was a {{nihongo|Japanese era name|年号|nengō|lit. "year name"}} after Ryakunin and before Ninji. This period spanned the years from February 1239 to July 1240.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "En'ō" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA180 Japan encyclopedia, p. 180]; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see [https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File]. The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|Shijō-tennō|四条天皇}}.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 242-244]; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 227.
Change of era
- 1239 {{nihongo|En'ō gannen|延応元年}}: The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Ryakunin 2.
Events of the ''En'ō'' Era
- 1239 (En'ō 1, 1st month): The Daijo daijin {{nihongo|Kujō Yoshihira| 九条 良平| }} retired from worldly concerns, taking the tonsure of a Buddhist priest.Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 p. 244.]
- 1239 (En'ō 1, 2nd month): Former Emperor Go-Toba died at age 60.
Notes
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References
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC Japan encyclopedia.] Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 58053128]
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran Annales des empereurs du Japon.] Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]
- Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-231-04940-5}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6042764 OCLC 6042764]
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]
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