Editing Module:Kanji (era)

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1087–1094 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Kanji'''|寛治}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name|Japanese era]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Ōtoku]]'' and before ''[[Kahō]]''. This period spanned the years from April 1087 through December 1094.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Kanji''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 471|page=471}}; 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 [[Emperor Horikawa]] (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==
* '''February 6, 1087''' {{nihongo|''Kanji gannen''|寛治元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 寛治一年一月一日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Ōtoku'' 4, on the 7th day of the 4th month of 1087.<ref>Brown, p. 319.</ref>

==Events of the ''Kanji'' era==
* '''1087''' (''Kanji 1, 5th month''):  ''[[Daijō-tennō]]'' [[Emperor Shirakawa|Shirakawa]] retired himself to [[Uji, Kyoto|Uji]].<ref name="t172">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 172.]</ref>
* '''1088''' (''Kanji 2, 1st month''): The emperor paid a visit to his father's home.<ref name="t173">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 173.]</ref>
* '''1088''' (''Kanji 2, 10th month''): Shirakawa visited the temples at Mt. Hiei.<ref name="t173"/>
* '''January 28, 1088''' (''Kanji 2, 14th day of the 12th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 寛治二年十二月十四日 -->: The ''sesshō'' Fujiwara Morozane was given additional honors with the further title of ''[[daijō-daijin]]''.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 173]; Brown, p. 318.</ref> In this context, it matters a great deal that the mother of Emperor Horikowa, formerly the daughter of ''udaijin'' Minamoto no Akifusa, was also formerly the adopted child of Morozane.<ref>Varley, p. 202.</ref>
* '''1089''' (''Kanji 3, 5th month''): Shirakawa made a second visit to Mt. Hiei; and this time, he stayed seven days.<ref name="t173"/>
* '''1090''' (''Kanji 4, 12th month''): Fujiwara Morozane was relieved of his responsibilities as ''sesshō'' and he was simultaneously named ''kampaku.''<ref name="t173"/>
* '''March 26, 1094''' (''Kanji 8, 8th day of the 3rd month'')<!-- NengoCalc 寛治八年三月八日 -->:  Morozane resigned from his position as ''kampaku.''<ref>Brown, p. 318.</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]
* 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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