Editing Module:Kanna (era)

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (985–987 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Kanna'''|寛和|Kanwa}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Eikan]]'' and before ''[[Eien]].''  This period spanned the years from April 985 through April 987.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Kanna''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 473|page=473}}; 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 emperors were {{nihongo|[[Emperor Kazan|Kazan]]''-tennō''|花山天皇}} and {{nihongo|[[Emperor Ichijō|Ichijō]]''-tennō''|一条天皇}}.<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. 148–150]; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō,'' p. 300–302; Varely, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki,'' pp. 192.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''January 24, 985''' {{nihongo|''Kanna gannen''|寛和元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 寛和一年一月一日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Eikan'' 3, on the 27th day of the 4th month of 985.<ref name="b302">Brown, p. 302.</ref>

==Events of the ''Kanna'' era==
* '''986''' (''Kanna 2, 6th month''): Kazan abdicated, and took up residence at [[Kazan-ji]] where he became a Buddhist monk. His new priestly name was Nyūkaku.<ref name="b302" />
* '''August 23, 986''' (''Kanna 2, 16th day of the 7th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 寛和二年七月十六日  -->: Iyasada-''shinnō'' was appointed as [[heir]] and [[crown prince]] at age 11.<ref name="b302" /> This followed the convention that two imperial lineages took the throne in turn, although Emperor Ichijō was in fact Iyasada's junior. He thus gained the [[nickname]] ''Sakasa-no moke-no kimi'' (the imperial heir in reverse). When Emperor Kanzan abandoned the world for holy orders, this grandson of Kaneie ascended to the throne as [[Emperor Ichijō]].<ref>Varley, p. 195.</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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