En'ō

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En'ō (延応) was a 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.^[1] The reigning emperor was Shijō-tennō (四条天皇).^[2]

Change of era

• 1239 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 Kujō Yoshihira (九条 良平) retired from worldly concerns, taking the tonsure of a Buddhist priest.^[3]
• 1239 (En'ō 1, 2nd month): Former Emperor Go-Toba died at age 60.^[3]

Notes

References

• 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

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