Genkō

Genkō may refer to:

  • Genkō (first) (元亨), Japanese historical era from 1321 to 1324
  • Genkō (second) (元弘), Japanese historical era from 1331 to 1334
  • Genkō, Japanese name for Mongol invasions of Japan of 1274 and 1281
  • Genk

    Genk (Dutch pronunciation: [ɣɛŋk]) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. The municipality only comprises the city of Genk itself. It is one of the most important industrial cities in Flanders, located on the Albert Canal, between Antwerp and Liège.

    54% of the inhabitants are of foreign origin from about 85 different nationalities, mostly Italians, Turks, and Greeks.

    History

    Celtic and medieval origins

    Genk probably originated as a Celtic village, and was converted to Christianity in the 10th century. The remains of a little wooden church dating from that period were found in the area. The first mention of Genk as Geneche can be found in a document dating from 1108, ceding the territory to the Abbey of Rolduc. Politically, Genk belonged to the County of Loon until it was annexed by the Prince-Bishopric of Liège in 1365.

    19th century

    During a century of on-going industrialisation further south in Belgium, Limburg modernised only slowly: Genk remained unimportant and small, growing slowly to a population of 2,000 around 1900. The peaceful village was the home of landscape painters and writers such as Neel Doff.

    Genkō (first)

    Genkō (元亨) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Gen'ō and before Shōchū. This period spanned the years from February 1321 to December 1324. The reigning Emperor was Go-Daigo-tennō (後醍醐天皇).

    Change of era

  • 1321 Genkō gannen (元亨元年): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Gen'ō 3.
  • Events of the Genkō era

  • 1321 (Genkō 1, 2nd month): The udaijin Fujiwara-no Saionji Kinakira died.
  • 1321 (Genkō 1, 4th month): The former-Emperor Go-Uda ordered the construction of a small chapel at Daikaku-ji where he lived in retirement.
  • 1321 (Genkō 1, 5th month): The emperor visited Dikaku-ji to see this new chapel for himself.
  • 1321 (Genkō 1, 6th month): Hōjō Kanetoki (北条兼時), the shogunate strongman in Kyūshū (called the Chinzei-tandai (鎮西探題)), died.
  • 1321 (Genkō 1, 12th month): Hōjō Norisada, the daimyo of Suruga province and a close relative of the shogunate's shikken, Hōjō Takitoki, was named governor of Kyoto at Rokuhara; and Hōjō Hidetoki was named military governor of Kyūshū.
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