, also romanized as Kampyō was a after ''
Ninna
was a after '' Gangyō'' and before '' Kanpyō.'' This period spanned the years from February 885 through April 889. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* January 20, 885 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series o ...
'' and before ''
Shōtai was a after '' Kanpyō'' and before ''Engi.'' This period spanned the years from April 898 through July 901. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* January 26, 898 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The prev ...
.'' This period spanned the years from April 889 through April 898. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* February 4, 889 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Ninna'' 5, on the 27th day of the 4th month of 889.
Events of the ''Kanpyō'' era
* 889 (''Kanpyō 1, 10th month''): The former-
Emperor Yōzei
was the 57th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 陽成天皇 (57)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.
Yōzei's reign spanned the years from 876 through 884.
Traditional narrative
Before his ascension ...
was newly attacked by the mental illness. Yōzei would enter the palace and address courtiers he would meet with the greatest rudeness. He became increasingly furious. He garroted women with the strings of musical instruments and then threw the bodies into a lake. While riding on horseback, he directed his mount to run over people. Sometimes he simply disappeared into the mountains where he chased wild boars and red deer.
* August 4, 897 (''Kanpyō 9, 3rd day of the 7th month''): In the 10th year of Uda''-tennō''s reign (宇多天皇10年), Emperor Uda abdicated; and his eldest son received the succession (''senso'').
* August 6, 897 (''Kanpyō 9, 5th day of the 7th month''): Emperor Daigo formally acceded to the throne (''sokui'').
[Brown, p. 291; 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 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 Ōdai Ichiran
, ', is a 17th-century chronicle of the serial reigns of Japanese emperors with brief notes about some of the noteworthy events or other happenings.
According to the 1871 edition of the '' American Cyclopaedia'', the 1834 French translation of ...
''; 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
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