Kennin 1120253 207178390 2008-04-21T18:57:39Z Chobot 259798 robot Modifying: [[ko:겐닌 (1201년)]] {{nihongo|'''Kennin'''|建仁}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era|Japanese era name]]|年号,|''nengō'',|lit. "[[year]] name"}} after ''[[Shōji (era)|Shōji]]'' and before ''[[Genkyū]].'' This period spanned the years from [[1201]] through [[1204]]. The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|[[Emperor Tsuchimikado |Tsuchimikado]]''-tennō''|土御門天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du japon,'' pp. 221-227; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō,'' p. 340; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki,'' pp. 220-221.</ref> ==Change of era== * {{nihongo|'''''Kennin gannen'''''|建仁元年}}; [[1201]]: The new era name was created to mark an event of shin'yū (辛酉), which is considered as the year of revolution in [[Sexagenary cycle]]. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Shōji'' 3, on the 13th day of the 2nd month of 1201.<ref>Brown, p. 340.</ref> ==Events of the ''Kennin'' era== * '''''Kennin 2''''', in the 1st month ([[1202]]): [[Minamoto no Yoshishige|Nitta Yoshishige]], the deputy director for cuisine of Dairi (大炊助) in [[Daijō-kan]], died. His court rank had been of the second rank of the fifth class (従五位下).<ref name="t225">Titsingh, p. 225.</ref> * '''''Kennin 2''''', in the 7th month ([[1202]]): [[Minamoto no Yoriie]] was raised in the court's hierarchic standing to the second rank of the second class; and he was created the 2nd shogun of the [[Kamakura shogunate]].<ref name="t225">[see above]</ref> * '''''Kennin 2''''', in the 10th month ([[1202]]): ''Naidaijin'' [[Minamoto no Michichika]] died at at 54; and his court position was then filled by ''dainagon'' Fujiwara no Takatada.<ref name="t225">[see above]</ref> * '''''Kennin 3''''', in the 8th month ([[1203]]): Shogun Yoriie fell gravely ill.<ref name="t225">[see above]</ref> * '''''Kennin 3''''', in the 9th month ([[1203]]): Yoriie shaved his head and became a Buddhist priest; and the emperor named [[Minamoto no Sanetomo]] as the 3rd shogun; and [[Hōjō Tokimasa]] became Sanetomo's ''[[shikken]]'' (regent).<ref> Titsingh, p. 226.</ref> ==References== {{reflist|2}} * Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). [ [[Jien]], 1221], ''[[Gukanshō]]; "The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō,' an interpretive history of Japan written in 1219" translated from the Japanese and edited by Delmer M. Brown & Ichirō Ishida.'' Berkeley: [[University of California Press]]. ISBN 0-520-03460-0 * Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida, eds. (1975). ''[[The Tale of the Heike]].'' Tokyo. [[University of Tokyo Press]]. ISBN 0-86008-128-1 * [[Isaac Titsingh |Titsingh]], Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/[[Hayashi Gahō]], 1652], ''[[Nipon o daï itsi ran]]; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. [[Julius Klaproth |Klaproth]].'' Paris: [[Royal Asiatic Society |Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.]][http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran ...Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)] * Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [ [[Kitabatake Chikafusa]], 1359], ''[[Jinnō Shōtōki]] ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley).'' New York: [[Columbia University Press]]. ISBN 0231-04940-4 ====External links==== * National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection] <center> {| border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" |----- style="font-weight:bold;background-color:#CCCCCC;color:#000000;text-align:right" | Kennin || 1st || 2nd || 3rd || 4th |----- style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" | [[Gregorian Calendar|Gregorian]] || [[1201]] || [[1202]] || [[1203]] || [[1204]] |} <center> {| border ="1" |----- | width ="30%" align ="center" | Preceded by:<br>''[[Shōji (era)|Shōji]]'' | width ="40%" align ="center" | '''[[Japanese era name| Era or ''nengō'']]:<br>'''[[Kennin]] | width ="30%" align ="center" | Succeeded by:<br>''[[Genkyū]]'' |} </center> {{DEFAULTSORT:Kennin}} [[Category:Japanese eras]] {{Japan-era-stub}} [[ko:겐닌 (1201년)]] [[id:Kennin]] [[ia:Kennin]] [[ja:建仁]] [[zh:建仁]]