Editing Module:Ninji

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1240–1243 CE)}}
{{History of Japan |image=Shoso-in.jpg |caption=[[Shōsōin]]}}

{{nihongo|'''Ninji'''|仁治|}}, also called '''Jinji,''' was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[En'ō]]'' and before ''[[Kangen]].''  This period spanned the years from August 1240 to January 1243.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Ninji''" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA716  ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 716]; 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 Shijō|Shijō]]''-tennō''|四条天皇}} and {{nihongo|[[Emperor Go-Saga|Go-Saga]]''-tennō''|後嵯峨天皇}}.<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. 242-245]; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' p. 228-231.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''1240''' {{nihongo|''Ninji gannen''|仁治元年}}:  The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''En'ō'' 2.

==Events of the ''Ninji'' era==
* '''1242''' (''Ninji 3, 10th day of the 1st month''): In the 10th year of Shijō''-tennō''{{'}}s reign (四条天皇10年), the emperor died suddenly; and despite a dispute over who should follow him as sovereign, contemporary scholars then construed that the succession (''senso'')<ref>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> was received by the second son of former [[Emperor Tsuchimikado]].<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  pp. 244-245]; Varley, p. 228.</ref>
* '''1242''' (''Ninji 3, 5th month''): Emperor Go-Saga is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'').<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 245]; Varley, p. 44.</ref>
* '''July 14, 1242''' (''Ninji 3, 15th day of the 6th month''): [[Hōjō Yasutoki]] died at age 60.  From ''Gennin'' 1, or during 19 years, Yasutoki had been the regent or prime minister (''shikken'') of the Kamakura shogunate.  Yasutoki's son, [[Hōjō Tsunetoki]] succeeded him as ''shikken'', but [[Kujō Yoritsune]] himself took charge of the bakufu.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP246  p. 246.]</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* 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|978-0-231-04940-5}}; [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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| years = 1240–1243
| after =[[Kangen]]
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