Editing Module:Kaō (era)

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1169–1171 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Kaō'''|嘉応}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Nin'an]]'' and before ''[[Jōan (era)|Jōan]].''  This period spanned the years from April 1169 through April 1171.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Kaō''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 480|page=480}}; 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 Takakura|Takakura]]''-tennō''|高倉天皇}}.<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. 195-196]; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 330-333; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' pp. 212-214.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''January 30, 1169''' {{nihongo|''Kaō gannen''|嘉応元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 嘉応一年一月一日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Nin'an'' 4, on the 8th day of the 4th month of 1169.<ref>Brown, p. 332.</ref>

==Events of the ''Kaō'' era==
* '''1169''' (''Kaō 1, 3rd month''): The former-Emperor [[Go-Shirakawa]] made a pilgrimage to Mont Koya.<ref name="t196">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 196.]</ref>
* '''1169''' (''Kaō 1, 6th month''): Go-Shirakawa accepted tonsure as a Buddhist priest; and he took the title ''Hōō.''<ref name="t196"/>
* '''1169''' (''Kaō 1, 12th month''): The ''chūnagon'' Fujiwara no Nurisika was banished to Bingo province as a consequence of complaints of Buddhist priests from Mt. Hiei; but shortly thereafter, he was recalled to Heian-kyō because of past services to Emperor Go-Shirakawa.<ref name="t196"/>

==References==
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;General
* 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>Kaō
| years = 1169–1171
| after =[[Jōan (era)|Jōan]]
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