was a after '' Chōwa'' and before ''

Jian The ''jian'' (Mandarin Chinese: , , English approximation: , Cantonese: ) is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. The first Chinese sources that mention the ''jian'' date to the 7th century BCE, during the S ...

.'' This period spanned the years from April 1017 through February 1021. The reigning emperor was .

Change of era

* 1017 : The era name was changed to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in '' Chōwa'' 6, on the 23rd day of the 4th month of 1017.Brown, p. 310.

Events of the ''Kannin'' era

* June 5, 1017 (''Kannin 1, 9th day of the 5th month''): The former- Emperor Sanjō died at the age of 42. * January 22, 1018 (''Kannin 2, 3rd day of the 1st month''): The emperor celebrated his coming-of-age ceremony.Titsingh
p. 157.
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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 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 ...

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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 ...

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OCLC 6042764

External links

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