was a after '' Chōshō'' and before ''

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.'' This period spanned the years from September 1135 through July 1141. The reigning emperor was .

Change of Era

* February 15, 1035 : The new era name ''Hōen'' was created to mark an event or a series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Chōshō'' 4, on the 27th day of the 4th month of 1135.

Events of the ''Hōen'' Era

* 1136 (''Hōen 2, 3rd month''): The former-

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hosted a grand dinner party.Titsingh
p. 184.
/ref> * 1136 (''Hōen 2, 5th month''): The '' sadaijin'' Fujiwara Ieyetada died at age 75. * 1136 (''Hōen 2, 12th month''): The ''

udaijin was a government position in Japan in the late Nara and Heian periods. The position was consolidated in the Taihō Code of 702. The Asuka Kiyomihara Code of 689 marks the initial appearance of the ''udaijin'' in the context of a central administ ...

'' Minamoto no Arihito was named ''sadaijin''; and the ''

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'' Fujiwara Munetada was named ''udaijin''. * 1136 (''Hōen 2, 12th month''): Fujiwara Yorinaga was appointed Minister of the Center (''naidaijin'') at the age of 17. * 1138 (''Hōen 4, 2nd month''): The ''udaijin'' Munetada shaved his head at age 77; and he became a Buddhist priest. * 1138 (''Hōen 4, 9th month''): The former-

went to

Mount Hiei is a mountain to the northeast of Kyoto, lying on the border between the Kyoto and Shiga Prefectures, Japan. The temple of Enryaku-ji, the first outpost of the Japanese Tendai (Chin. Tiantai) sect of Buddhism, was founded atop Mount Hiei b ...

, where he stayed for seven days. * May 2, 1140 (''Hōen 6, 14th day of the 4th month''): The priests of the Buddhist temples on Mount Hiei banded together to burn down the

Mii-dera , formally called , is a Buddhist temple in Japan located at the foot of Mount Hiei, in the city of Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture. It is a short distance from both Kyoto, and Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake. The head temple of the Jimon sect ...

again.Brown, p. 324; Titsingh
p. 185.
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Notes

References

* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979)
''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past.''
Berkeley: University of California Press.
OCLC 251325323
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''
Cambridge:

Harvard University Press Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. After the retir ...

.
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 Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by Jennifer Crewe (2014–present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fiel ...

.
OCLC 6042764

External links

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