was a after '' Nin'an'' and before '' Jōan.'' This period spanned the years from April 1169 through April 1171. The reigning emperor was .

Change of era

* January 30, 1169 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Nin'an'' 4, on the 8th day of the 4th month of 1169.Brown, p. 332.

Events of the ''Kaō'' era

* 1169 (''Kaō 1, 3rd month''): The former-Emperor

Go-Shirakawa was the 77th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His de jure reign spanned the years from Heian period, 1155 through 1158, though arguably he effectively maintained imperial power for almost thirty-seven years thro ...

made a pilgrimage to Mont Koya.Titsingh
p. 196.
/ref> * 1169 (''Kaō 1, 6th month''): Go-Shirakawa accepted tonsure as a Buddhist priest; and he took the title ''Hōō.'' * 1169 (''Kaō 1, 12th month''): The ''chūnagon'' Fujiwara no Nurisika was banished to Bingo province as a consequence of complaints of Buddhist priests from Mt. Hiei; but shortly thereafter, he was recalled to Heian-kyō because of past services to Emperor Go-Shirakawa.

References

;Specific ;General * 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:

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

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''; 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:

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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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