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Kenchō was a after '' Hōji'' and before ''Kōgen.'' This period spanned the years from March 1249 to October 1256. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 1249 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous ...
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Shōka is a form of ''ikebana''. Written with the same ''kanji'' characters, it is also pronounced and known as ''Shōka''. History The painter Sōami and the art patron and ''shōgun'' Ashikaga Yoshimasa were supporters of the style as early as t ...
.'' This period spanned the years from October 1256 to March 1257. The reigning emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834)
''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 248-253
Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' p. 231-232.


Change of era

* 1256 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Kenchō'' 8.


Events of the ''Kōgen'' era

* September 1, 1256 (''Kōgen 1, 11th day of the 8th month''): Kujō Yoritsune, also known as Fujiwara Yoritsune, died at the age of 39 years.Titsingh
p. 252.
/ref> * October 14, 1256 (''Kōgen 1, 24th day of the 9th month''): Yoritsune's son and successor as Kamakura shōgun, Kujō Yoritsugu, also known as Fujiwara Yoritsugu, died at the age of 18 years.


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References

* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''
Cambridge:
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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 ...
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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


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