Enkyō (Kamakura period)

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The nengō Enkyō means "Becoming Prolonged" because of the tail of the great comet which was seen in the night sky of 1308.^[3]

Events of the Enkyō era

Retired former-Emperor Fushimi administered the court up through the time he took the tonsure as a Buddhist monk,^[4] which happened after this nengō ended.^[5]

1308 (Enkyō 1): After the death of Emperor Go-Nijō, the throne passed to a cousin who would come to be known as Emperor Hanazono. The new emperor was 12 years old.^[6]
1310 (Enkyō 3, 11th month): Hōjō Sadafusa died; and Hōjō Tokiatsu was named to take his place as Kyoto representative of the military government in Kamakura.^[5]

An early version of The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatori) has been traced to a draft written during this era.^[7]

Related pages

Kamakura period
Enkyō (Edo period), 1744-1748

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Enkyū" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 180.
↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 278-279; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 239-241.
↑ Greenwood, Ned. (2011). Hachiman Taro: Firstborn of the God of War, p. 87.
↑ Varley, p. 241.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Titsingh, p. 279.
↑ Titsingh, p. 279; 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 Emperor Go-Murakami. Compare Kunaichō, Ceremony of Accession (Sokui-no-Rei); retrieved 2012-6-29.
↑ Watson, Burton et al. (2008). The Tales of the Heike, p. 196.

Other websites

National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar"

Enkyō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
	1308	1309	1310	1311

Preceded by:
Tokuji

Era or nengō:
Enkyō

Succeeded by:
Ōchō

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Enkyū" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 180.

[2] Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 278-279; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 239-241.

[3] Greenwood, Ned. (2011). Hachiman Taro: Firstborn of the God of War, p. 87.

[4] Varley, p. 241.

[titsingh279-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Titsingh, p. 279.

[6] Titsingh, p. 279; 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 Emperor Go-Murakami. Compare Kunaichō, Ceremony of Accession (Sokui-no-Rei); retrieved 2012-6-29.

[7] Watson, Burton et al. (2008). The Tales of the Heike, p. 196.

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