Editing Module:Chōkan

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1163–1165 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Chōkan'''|長寛}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Ōhō]]'' and before ''[[Eiman]].''  This period spanned the years from March 1163 through June 1165.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Chōkan''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 120|page=120}}; 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>  The reigning emperors were {{nihongo|[[Emperor Nijo|Nijō]]''-tennō''|二条天皇}} and {{nihongo|[[Emperor Rokujō]]''-tennō''|六条天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 193]-195; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 329-330; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' p. 212.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''February 5, 1163''' {{nihongo|''Chōkan gannen''|長寛元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 長寛一年一月一日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events.  The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Ōhō'' 3, on the 29th day of the 3rd month.<ref name="b328">Brown, p. 328.</ref>

==Events of the ''Chōkan'' era==
* '''1163''' (''Chōkan 1, 1st month''): [[Taira no Shigemori]] (1138–1179) was promoted to the second rank of the 3rd class in the court hierarchy.<ref name="t193">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 193.]</ref>
* '''1163''' (''Chōkan 2, 2nd month''): A large congregation of [[Buddhist priest]]s came together at the [[Tōdai-ji]] and [[Kōfuku-ji]] temples to recite prayers for the prosperity of the [[Imperial Family of Japan|Imperial Family]].<ref name="t193"/>
* '''September 14, 1164''' (''Chōkan 2, on the 26th day of the 8th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 長寛二年八月二十六日 -->: The former-[[Emperor Sutoku]] died at the age of 46.<ref name="b328"/>

==See also==
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==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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