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was a after '' Jōgen'' and before '' Kempo.'' This period spanned the years from March 1211 through December 1213. The reigning emperor was .


Change of era

* 1211 : The new era name was created because the previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Jōgen'' 2, on the 9th day of the 3rd month of 1211.


Events of the ''Kenryaku'' era

* 1211 (''Kenryaku 1, 1st month''):
Shōgun , officially , was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, except during parts of the Kamak ...
Minamoto no Sanetomo was the third ''shōgun'' of the Kamakura shogunate. He was the second son of the Kamakura shogunate founder, Minamoto no Yoritomo. His mother was Hōjō Masako and his older brother was the second Kamakura shogun Minamoto no Yoriie. His child ...
's position at court was raised to the 1st rank of the 3rd class.Titsingh, p. 230. * 1211 (''Kenryaku 1, 1st month''): The Buddhist priest
Hōnen , also known as Genkū, was the founding figure of the , the first independent branch of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism. Hōnen became a Tendai initiate at an early age, but grew disaffected and sought an approach to Buddhism that all people of all ...
returned to Kyoto from a period of exile. He was the founder and guiding force behind the early development of the temple-complex. * January 12, 1212 (''Kenryaku 2, 20th day of the 12th month''): The Buddhist priest
Hōnen , also known as Genkū, was the founding figure of the , the first independent branch of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism. Hōnen became a Tendai initiate at an early age, but grew disaffected and sought an approach to Buddhism that all people of all ...
died at age 80, mere days after drafting a brief, written summary of his life teachings. This last written document is known as the
One-Sheet Document The is a document written by the founder of the Japanese Jōdo-shū Pure Land Buddhism school, Hōnen, two days before his death. The document is meant to summarize Hōnen's teachings for future generations, and serves as his final testament. The d ...
(''ichimai-kishomon''). * 1212 (''Kenryaku 2, 16th day of the 1st month''): The former-Senior High Priest Jien (1155–1225) was appointed Tendai Abbot by Imperial Mandate. He would administer Mt. Hiei for one year before yielding the position on the 11th day of the 1st month of 1213.Brown, p. 342.


Notes


References

* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida. (1979). ''The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō', an interpretative history of Japan written in 1219.'' Berkeley:
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OCLC 5145872
* Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida, eds. (1975). ''
The Tale of the Heike is an epic account compiled prior to 1330 of the struggle between the Taira clan and Minamoto clan for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century in the Genpei War (1180–1185). It has been translated into English at least five times. ...
.'' Tokyo:
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OCLC 193064639
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''
Cambridge:
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OCLC 58053128
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''
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''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 Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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