was a after ''

Gennin ''For the formerly-German town of Gennin, see Jenin, Poland'' was a after '' Jōō'' and before ''Karoku.'' This period spanned the years from November 1224 to April 1225. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 1224 : The era name was ch ...

'' and before '' Kangi.'' This period spanned the years from December 1227 to March 1229. The reigning emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834)
''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 238-241
Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' pp. 226-227.

Change of era

* 1227 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Karoku'' 3.

Events of the ''Antei'' Era

* 1227 (''Antei 1, 1st month''): Fujiwara Kintsugu died at age 53. He had been

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 adminis ...

and

Sadaijin The ''Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary'', Kenkyusha Limited, 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 i ...

.Titsingh
p. 240.
/ref> * 1227 (''Antei 1, 2nd month''): The emperor raised Fujiwara no Nagako, the daughter of

Konoe Iezane , son of Motomichi, was a court noble (''Kugyō'') of the early Kamakura period. His sons include: Takatsukasa Kanehira, and Konoe Kanetsune. In 1206 when Kujō Yoshitune died, he became the head of the Fujiwara family and Sesshō. The same ...

, to the rank of ''chūgū'' ( empress consort). She was somewhat older than the emperor, but he became deeply attached to her.

Notes

References

* 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 reti ...

.
OCLC 58053128
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''

Nihon Odai Ichiran Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

''; 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 fi ...

.
OCLC 6042764

External links

National Diet Library The is the national library of Japan and among the largest libraries in the world. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the in researching matters of public policy. The library is similar in purpose and scope t ...

, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
Japanese eras 1220s in Japan {{Japan-era-stub