was a after ''
Ryakunin'' and before ''
Ninji.'' This period spanned the years from February 1239 to July 1240. The reigning emperor was .
[Titsingh, Isaac. (1834)]
''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 242-244
Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' p. 227.
Change of era
* 1239 : 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 retired from worldly concerns, taking the tonsure of a Buddhist priest.
[Titsingh]
p. 244.
/ref>
* 1239 (''En'ō 1, 2nd month''): Former Emperor Go-Toba died at age 60.
Notes
References
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''
Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
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.
OCLC 6042764
External links
* National Diet Library
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, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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