Editing Module:Kōji (Heian period)

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1142–1144 CE)}}
{{nihongo|'''Kōji'''|康治|}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Eiji (era)|Eiji]]'' and before ''[[Ten'yō]].''  This period spanned the year from April 1142 through February 1144.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Kōji''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 545|page=545}}; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'' [http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 |date=2012-05-24 }}.</ref> The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|[[Emperor Konoe|Konoe]]''-tennō''|近衛天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  ''Annales des emepereurs du japon'', pp. 186]-188; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 324-326; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', p. 205.</ref>

==Change of Era==
* '''January 29, 1142''' {{nihongo|''Kōji gannen''|康治元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 康治一年一月一日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Eiji'' 2, on the 28th day of the 4th month of 1142.<ref>Brown, p. 325.</ref>

==Events of the ''Kōji'' Era==
* '''1143''' (''Kōji 2, 1st month''): [[Cloistered Emperor]] [[Emperor Go-Toba|Go-Toba]]-in, now known by the title [[Daijō Tennō]] or {{nihongo|''Daijō Hōō''|太上法皇}} or ''[[Hōō]]'', visited his mother.<ref name="t186">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 186.]</ref>
* '''1143''' (''Kōji 2, 5th month''): [[Emperor Konoe]] passed his days praying at [[Tōdai-ji]] and also at the temples on {{nihongo|[[Mount Hiei]]|比叡山|''Hiei-zan''}}.<ref name="t186"/>

==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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| title = [[Japanese era name|Era or ''nengō'']]<br>Kōji
| years = 1142–1144
| after =[[Ten'yō]]
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