was a after ''
Gen'ei'' and before ''
Tenji.'' This period spanned the years from April 1120 through April 1124. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* February 1, 1120 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Gen'ei'' 3, on the 10th day of the 4th month of 1120.
Events of the ''Hōan'' era
* 1121 (''Hōan 2, 5th month''): The priests of
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 by ...
set fire to
Mii-dera.
* February 25, 1123 (''Hōan 4, on the 28th day of the 1st month''): In the 17th year of Emperor Toba's reign (鳥羽天皇17年), Toba was forced to abdicate by his father, retired-
Emperor Shirakawa
was the 72nd emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 白河天皇 (72)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.
Shirakawa's reign lasted from 1073 to 1087.
Genealogy
Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum T ...
. Toba gave up the throne in favor of his son Akihito, who would become Emperor Sutoku. Toba was only 21 years old when he renounced his title; and he had already reigned for 16 years: two in the ''nengō'' ''Tennin'', three in ''Ten'ei'', five in the ''nengō'' ''Eikyū'', two in ''Gen'ei'', and four in the ''nengō'' ''Hōan.'' At this time, Toba took the title ''Daijō-tennō.'' The succession (''senso'') was received by his son.
* 1123 (''Hōan 4, 2nd month''): Emperor Sutoku is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'').
[Titsingh]
p. 182
Varley, p. 44.
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 an academic publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University. It is a member of the Association of University Presses. Its director since 2017 is George Andreou.
The pres ...
.
OCLC 58053128*
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''
Nihon Odai Ichiran
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in t ...
''; 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
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's la ...
.
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 to ...
, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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