Editing Module:Nin'an

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1166–1169 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Nin'an'''|仁安}}, also known as '''Ninnan''', was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Eiman]]'' and before ''[[Kaō (era)|Kaō]].''  This period spanned the years from August 1166 through April 1169.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Nin'an''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 714|page=714}}; 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 Rokujō|Rokujō]]''-tennō''|六条天皇}} and {{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. 194-195]; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 329-330; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' p. 212.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''February 3, 1166''' {{nihongo|''Nin'an gannen''|仁安元年}}<!-- NengoCalc  仁安一年一月一日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Eiman'' 2, on the 27th day of the 8th month of 1166.<ref>Brown, p. 330.</ref>

==Events of the ''Nin'an'' era==
* '''1168''' (''Nin'an 3, 2nd month ''):  Rokujō was deposed at age 5, and he received the title ''Daijō-daijin tennō''.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 195.]</ref>
* '''March 30, 1168''' (''Nin'an 3, 19th day of the 2nd month'')<!-- NengoCalc  仁安三年二月十九日 -->: In the 3rd year of Rokujō''-tennō''{{'}}s reign (六条天皇3年), the emperor was deposed by his grandfather, and the succession (''senso'') was received by his cousin, the third son of the retired-Emperor Go-Shirakawa. Sometime thereafter, Emperor Takakura is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui''), and he is proclaimed emperor.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 195]; Brown, p. 330; Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of ''senso'' is unrecognized prior to [[Emperor Tenji]]; and all sovereigns except [[Empress Jitō|Jitō]], [[Emperor Yōzei|Yōzei]], [[Emperor Go-Toba|Go-Toba]], and [[Emperor Fushimi|Fushimi]] have ''senso'' and ''sokui'' in the same year until the reign of [[Emperor Go-Murakami]].</ref>
* '''April 29, 1168''' (''Nin'an 3, 20th day of the 3rd month'')<!-- NengoCalc 仁安三年三月二十日  -->: Takakura succeeds Rokujo on the [[Chrysanthemum Throne]].<ref>Kitagawa, H. (1975). ''The Tale of the Heike'', p.783.</ref>

==References==
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;Sources
* 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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| after =[[Kaō (era)|Kaō]]
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