Angen
Japanese era from January 1175 to August 1177
Angen (安元) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Jōan and before Jishō. This period started in July 1175[1] and ended in August 1177.[2] The reigning emperor was Takakura-tennō (高倉天皇).[3]
Events of the Angen era change
- 1175 (Angen 1, 22nd day of the 2nd month): Minamoto no Masamichi died at age 58.[4]
- 1175 (Angen 1, 11th month): Fujiwara no Moronaga was given the office of naidaijin.[4]
- 1176 (Angen 2, 3rd month): Takakura visited former-Emperor Go-Shirakawa on his 50th birthday.[4]
- 23 August 1176 (Angen 2, 17th day of the 7th month): Former-Emperor Rokujō died at the age of 13;[4] and also in this same month, Takakura's mother died.[4]
- 1176 (Angen 2, 7th month): Fujiwara no Morotaka of Kaga had a dispute with the priests of Mount Hiei; and Fujiwara no Morotsune, set fire to some of the temple buildings. The priests complained to the emperor, but the father of these two brothers was a friend of Go-Shirakawa. The actions of the sons of Fujiwara no Teki were officially ignored.[5]
- 27 May 1177 (Angen 3, 28th day, 4th month): A fire destroyed the building of the Daigaku-ryō.[6]
References change
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 425. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. pp. 195–200.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 197.
- ↑ Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. pp. 197–198.
- ↑ Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society. 1905. p. 238.
Other websites change
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Angen | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Gregorian | 1175 | 1176 | 1177 |
| Preceded by: Jōan |
Era or nengō: Angen |
Succeeded by: Jishō |
