Hōji (era)
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Hōji (宝治) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Kangen and before Kenchō. This period spanned the years from February 1247 to March 1249.[1] The reigning emperor was Go-Fukakusa-tennō (後深草天皇,).[2]
Change of era
[edit]- 1247 Hōji gannen (宝治元年); 1247: 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 Kangen 5.
Events of the Hōji era
[edit]- 1247 (Hōji 1): The Hōji conflict; Hōjo family destroyed the Miura family; and in so doing, the clan consolidated its authority as regents.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hōji" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 339; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File[permanent dead link].
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 248-255; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 231-232.
References
[edit]- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai 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. ISBN 978-0-231-04940-5; OCLC 6042764
External links
[edit]- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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