Kenji (era)

Kenji (建治) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Bun'ei and before Kōan. This period spanned the years from 1275 to 1278. The reigning emperor was Go-Uda-tennō (後宇多天皇).

Change of era

• Kenji gannen (建治元年); 1275: 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 Bun'ei 12.

Events of the Kenji era

• Kenji 1 (1275):

References

• Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. ..Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)
• Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [ Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1359], Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley). New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-04940-4

External links

• National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

KenjiKōchō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Gregorian	1275	1276	1277	1278

Preceded by: Bun'ei

Era or nengō: Kenji

Succeeded by: Kōan