Kanpyō (era)

Kanpyō (寛平, Kanpyō, Kanbyō, Kanpei, Kanbei), also romanized as Kampyō was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Ninna and before Shōtai. This period started in April 889 and ended in April 898.^[1] The reigning emperors were Uda-tennō (宇多天皇) and Daigo-tennō (醍醐天皇).^[2]

Events of the Kanpyō era

889 (Kanpyō 1, 10th month): Former-Emperor Yōzei suffered a period of acute mental illness.^[3]
4 August 897 (Kanpyō 9, 3rd day of the 7th month): In the 10th year of Uda's reign, the emperor abdicated; and his eldest son received the succession (senso).^[4]
6 August 897 (Kanpyō 9, 5th day of the 7th month): Emperor Daigo accepted the monarch's role and duties and powers (sokui).^[5] This was confirmed in ceremonies.^[6]

Related pages

Heian period

References

↑ Louis-Frédéric (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 465. 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. 125–129.
↑ Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 127.
↑ Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 129.
↑ 愚管抄: A Translation and Study of the Gukansho, an Interpretative History of Japan Written in 1219. University of California Press. 1979. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-520-03460-0. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
↑ Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami. Compare Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), Ceremony of Accession (Sokui-no-Rei); retrieved 2012-2-26.

Other websites

National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Kanpyō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
	889	890	891	892	893	894	895	896	897	898

Preceded by:
Ninna

Era or nengō:
Kanpyō

Succeeded by:
Shōtai

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[1] Louis-Frédéric (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 465. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[2] Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. pp. 125–129.

[3] Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 127.

[4] Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 129.

[5] 愚管抄: A Translation and Study of the Gukansho, an Interpretative History of Japan Written in 1219. University of California Press. 1979. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-520-03460-0. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)

[6] Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami. Compare Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), Ceremony of Accession (Sokui-no-Rei); retrieved 2012-2-26.

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