Editing Module:Enkyō (Kamakura period)

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1308–1311 CE)}}
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{{Infobox historical era
| name      = Enkyō{{pb}}{{nobold|{{lang|ja|延慶}}}}
| location  = [[Japan]]
| start     =October 1308
| end       = April 1311
|image      =  Chohoji03s3200.jpg
| alt       = 
|caption    = The [[Main Hall (Japanese Buddhism)|Main Hall]] of [[Chōhō-ji (Kainan)|Chōhō-ji]] was rebuilt in 1311.
| before    = [[Tokuji]]
| after= [[Ōchō]]
| monarch   = [[Emperor Hanazono]]
}}{{History of Japan|Shoso-in.jpg| Image explanation = [[Shōsōin]]}}

{{nihongo|'''Enkyō'''|延慶}}, also romanized as '''Enkei''', was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Tokuji]]'' and before ''[[Ōchō]].''  This period spanned the years from October 1308 through April 1311.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Enkei''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 179|page=179}}; 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 emperor was {{nihongo|[[Emperor Hanazono|Hanazono]]''-tennō''|花園天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|''Annales des empereurs du japon,'' pp. 278-279|page=278}}; Varley, H. Paul. ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', pp. 239-241.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''1308''', also called {{nihongo|''Enkyō gannen''|延慶元年}}: The new era name was created to mark the accession of Emperor Hanazono.<ref>Varley, p. 240.</ref>  The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Tokuji'' 3. The era name is derived from the [[Book of the Later Han]] (5th century AD) and combines the characters {{linktext|延}} ("extend, lengthen") and {{linktext|慶}} ("jubilation"). It should not be confused with the later [[Enkyō (Edo period)|Enkyō era of 1744–48]], which used a different second character ({{linktext|延}}, "enjoy"). 

==Events of the ''Enkyō'' era==
Initially, former-[[Emperor Fushimi]] administered the court up through the time he took the tonsure as a Buddhist monk,<ref>Varley, p. 241.</ref> which happened after this ''nengō'' ended.<ref name="t279">Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 279|page=279}}.</ref>
* '''1308''' (''Enkyō 1''): At the death of [[Emperor Go-Nijō]], Hanazono accedes to the [[Chrysanthemum Throne]] at age 12 years; and  [[Emperor Go-Daigo|Takaharu''-shinnō'']], the second son of former-[[Emperor Go-Uda]] is elevated as the [[heir apparent]] under the direction of the [[Kamakura shogunate]].<ref>Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 278|page=278}}; Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959) ''The Imperial House of Japan,'' p. 204.</ref>
* '''1308''' (''Enkyō 1, 10th month''): [[Kujō Moronori]] resigns his position as ''[[sesshō]]''; and he is replaced in that role by [[Takatsukasa Fuyuhira]].<ref name="t278">Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 278|page=278}}.</ref>
* '''1309''' (''Enkyō 2, 2nd month''): [[Konoe Iehira]] is elevated to the position of ''[[sadaijin]].''<ref name="t278"/>
* '''1310''' (''Enkyō 3, 11th month''): The [[Rokuhara Tandai]] in Kyoto, [[Hōjō Sadafusa]], died and [[Hōjō Tokiatsu]] was named to take his place as Kyoto representative of the military government in Kamakura.<ref name="t279"/>

==Notes==
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==References==
* 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]
* [[Richard Ponsonby-Fane|Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon.]] (1959). [https://books.google.com/books?id=SLAeAAAAMAAJ&q=The+Imperial+House+of+Japan  ''The Imperial House of Japan.''] Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/194887 OCLC 194887]
* [[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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