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Period of Japanese history (1190–1199 CE)

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::summary Period of Japanese history (1190–1199 CE) ::

Kenkyū was a Japanese era name after Bunji and before Shōji. This period spanned the years from April 1190 through April 1199. The reigning emperor was Go-Toba-tennō.

Change of era

1190 Kenkyū gannen: 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 Bunji 6, on the 14th day of the 8th month of 1185.

Events of the ''Kenkyū'' era

1192 (Kenkyū 3, 13th day of the 3rd month): The former-Emperor Go-Shirakawa died at the age of 66. He had been father or grandfather to five emperors -- Emperor Nijō, the 78th emperor; Emperor Rokujō, the 79th emperor; Emperor Takakura, the 80th emperor; Emperor Antoku, the 81st emperor; and Go-Toba, the 82nd emperor.
1192 (Kenkyū 3, 12th day of the 7th month): Minamoto no Yoritomo is named commander-in-chief of the forces to fight the barbarians.
1195 (Kenkyū 6, 4th day of the 3rd month): Shōgun Yoritomo revisits the capital.
1198 (Kenkyū 9, 11th day of the 1st month): In the 15th year of Go-Toba*-tennō*s reign (後鳥天皇15年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (senso) was received by his eldest son.
1198 (Kenkyū 9, 3rd month): Emperor Tsuchimikado is said to have acceded to the throne (sokui).
1199 (Kenkyū 10, 13th day of the 1st month): Shōgun Yoritomo dies at age 53 in Kamakura.

Notes

References

Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida. (1979). The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō', an interpretative history of Japan written in 1219. Berkeley: University of California Press. ; OCLC 5145872
Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida, eds. (1975). The Tale of the Heike. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. ; ; ; ; OCLC 193064639
Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. ; OCLC 6042764

References

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Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 207–221; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 334–339; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' pp. 215–220.
Brown, p. 337.
Varley, p. 208; Kitagawa ''et al.'' (1975). ''The Tale of the Heike'', p. 788.
Kitagawa p. 788.
Brown, p.339; Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of ''senso'' is unrecognized prior to [[Emperor Tenji]]; and all sovereigns except [[Empress Jitō. Jitō]], [[Emperor Yōzei. Yōzei]], [[Emperor Go-Toba. Go-Toba]], and [[Emperor Fushimi. Fushimi]] have ''senso'' and ''sokui'' in the same year until the reign of [[Emperor Go-Murakami]].
Titsingh, p.221; Varley, p. 44.

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