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Kōgen

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Kōgen (康元) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Kenchō and before Shōka. This period spanned the years from October 1256 to March 1257.[1] The reigning emperor was Go-Fukakusa-tennō (後深草天皇).[2]

Change of era

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  • 1256 Kōgen gannen (康元元年): 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 Kenchō 8.

Events of the Kōgen era

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  • September 1, 1256 (Kōgen 1, 11th day of the 8th month): Kujō Yoritsune, also known as Fujiwara Yoritsune, died at the age of 39 years.[3]
  • October 14, 1256 (Kōgen 1, 24th day of the 9th month): Yoritsune's son and successor as Kamakura shōgun, Kujō Yoritsugu, also known as Fujiwara Yoritsugu, died at the age of 18 years.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kōgen" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 542; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today.
  2. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 248-253; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 231-232.
  3. ^ a b Titsingh, p. 252.

References

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  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
  • Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
  • 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; OCLC 6042764
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Preceded by Era or nengō
Kōgen

1256–1257
Succeeded by