Kenryaku

Kenryaku (建暦) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Jōgen and before Kempo. This period started in March 1211 and ended in December 1213.^[1] The reigning emperor was Juntoku-tennō (順徳天皇).^[2]

Events of the Kenryaku era

Sennyū-ji established in the 1st year of Kenryaku

1211 (Kenryaku 1, 1st month): The Buddhist priest Hōnen returned from a period of exile. He was the founder of the Sennyuji (泉涌寺,, senyō-ji) temple-complex.^[3]
1211 (Kenryaku 1, 1st month): Shogun Sanetomo's position at court was raised to the 1st rank of the 3rd class.^[3]
2 January 1211 (Kenryaku 1, 16th day of the 1st month): The former-Senior High Priest Jien (1155–1225) was appointed Tendai Abbot.^[4]
1212 (Kenryaku 1): Hōnen died at age 80.^[5]

Related pages

Kamakura period

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kenryaku" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 510.
↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 230-238; Brown, Delmer. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 341; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 221-223.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Titsingh, p. 230.
↑ Brown, p. 342.
↑ Titsigh, p. 231.

Other websites

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

Kenryaku	1st	2nd	3rd
	1211	1212	1213

Preceded by:
Jōgen

Era or nengō:
Kenryaku

Succeeded by:
Kempo

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kenryaku" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 510.

[2] Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 230-238; Brown, Delmer. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 341; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 221-223.

[titsingh230-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Titsingh, p. 230.

[4] Brown, p. 342.

[5] Titsigh, p. 231.

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