Editing Module:Angen

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1175–1177 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Angen'''|安元}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Jōan (era)|Jōan]]'' and before ''[[Jishō]].''  This period spanned the years from July 1175<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Jō-an''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 427|page=427}}; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'' [https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File].</ref> through August 1177.<ref>Nussbaum, "''Jishō''" at {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC| p. 425|page=427}}.</ref> The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|[[Emperor Takakura|Takakura]]''-tennō''|高倉天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 195-200; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 330-333; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' pp. 212-214.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''1175''' {{nihongo|''Angen gannen''|安元元年}}: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Jōan'' 5, on the 28th day of the 7th month of 1175.<ref>Brown, p. 332.</ref>

==Events of the ''Angen'' era==
* '''1175''' (''Angen 1, 22nd day of the 2nd month''): the ''[[naidaijin]]'' Minamoto no Masamichi died at age 58.<ref>Titsingh, p. 197; Brown, pp. 331-332.</ref>
* '''1175''' (''Angen 1, 11th month''): Fujiwara no Moronaga was named ''naidaijin''.<ref>Titsingh, p. 197; Brown, p. 332.</ref>
* '''1176''' (''Angen 2, 3rd month''): Emperor Takakura visited his father, former-[[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]], on the occasion of his 50th birthday.<ref>Titsingh, p. 197.</ref>
* '''1176''' (''Angen 2, 19th day of the 7th month''): The former-[[Emperor Rokujō]] died at the age of 13;<ref>Titsingh, p. 197; Brown, p. 329.</ref> and also in this same month, Takakura's mother, Empress Kenshun-mon In (formerly Taira Sigeko) died.<ref>Titsingh, p. 197; Brown, p. 331.</ref>
* '''1176''' (''Angen 2, 7th month''): Fujiwara no Morotaka, daimyō of [[Kaga Province|Kaga]], was in a dispute with the priests of [[Mt. Hiei]]; and his younger brother, Fujiwara no Morotsune, set fire to some of the temple buildings. The priests complained to the emperor, demanding that Morotaka be exiled and the Morotsune should be put in prison. However, because Fujiwara no Seiko, the father of these two brothers, was a great friend of Go-Shirakawa, the affair was allowed to lie dormant.<ref>Titsingh, pp. 197-198.</ref>
* '''May 27, 1177''' (''Angen 3, 28th day, 4th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 安元三年四月二十八日 -->: A fire burned the university structure to ashes during [[Great Fire of Angen|The Great Fire of Angen]].<ref>Minakata Kumagusu and F. Victor Dickens. (1905). "A Japanese Thoreau of the Twelfth Century," {{Google books|f1vJRjCl8HkC|''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland,'' p. 238.|page=238}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). [https://books.google.com/books?id=w4f5FrmIJKIC&q=Gukansho  ''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past.''] Berkeley: University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-03460-0}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/251325323  OCLC 251325323]
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC  ''Japan encyclopedia.''] Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition  OCLC 58053128]
* [[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac.]] (1834). ''[[Nihon Odai Ichiran]]''; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon.'']  Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]
* [[H. Paul Varley|Varley, H. Paul]]. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa.'' New York: [[Columbia University Press]]. {{ISBN|9780231049405}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6042764  OCLC 6042764]

==External links==
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]

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