Editing Module:Kahō

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1094-1096 AD)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Kahō'''|嘉保}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name|Japanese era]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Kanji (era)|Kanji]]'' and before ''[[Eichō]]''. This period spanned the years from December 1094 through December 1096.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Ka-hō''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 448|page=448}}; 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 Horikawa]]''-tennō''|堀河天皇}}.<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. 172-176]; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', p. 319; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', p. 202.</ref>

==Change of Era==
* '''January 19, 1094''' {{nihongo|''Kahō gannen''|嘉保元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 嘉保一年一月一日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Kanji'' 8, on the 15th day of the 12th month of 1094.<ref>Brown, p. 319.</ref>

==Events of the ''Kahō'' Era==
* '''1095''' (''Kahō 2, 4th month''): Emperor Horikawa paid visits to the [[Iwashimizu Shrine]] and to the  [[Kamo Shrines]].<ref name="t176">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 176.]</ref>
* '''1095''' (''Kahō 2, 8th month''): The emperor was stricken with intermittent fevers; and he ordered prayers to be offered   for his return to good health. After Horikawa recovered his health, he  was generous and appreciative to the [[Buddhist]] priests who had prayed for his recovery.<ref name="t176"/>
* '''1095''' (''Kahō 2, 11th month''): The Buddhist priests of [[Mt. Hiei]] came down from their mountain to protest a dispute with Minamoto Yoshitsuna and other government officials  which had led to military action and bloodshed. The priests carried a portable shrine as far as the central hall of [[Enryaku-ji]], where a curse was laid on ''[[daijō-daijin]]'' Fujiwara Moromichi.<ref>Brown, p. 320 n51; Kitagawa, Hiroshi, ''et al.'', eds. (1975). ''The Tale of the Heike'', pp. 129–130.</ref>
* '''November 26, 1096''' (''Kahō 3, 9th day of the 11th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 嘉保三年十一月九日  -->: Former-[[Emperor Shirakawa]] entered the Buddhist priesthood at the age of 44.<ref>Brown, p. 316.</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]
* Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida, ed. (1975). ''The Tale of the Heike''. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. {{ISBN|0-86008-128-1}} [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/164803926 OCLC 164803926]
* 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 Ōdai 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>Kahō
| after =[[Eichō]]
| years = 1094–1096
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