Angen
Angen (安元) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Jōan and before Jishō. This period started in July 1175[1] and ended in August 1177.[2] The reigning emperor was Takakura-tennō (高倉天皇).[3]
Events of the Angen era [change]
- 1175 (Angen 1, 22nd day of the 2nd month): Minamoto no Masamichi died at age 58.[4]
- 1175 (Angen 1, 11th month): Fujiwara no Moronaga was given the office of naidaijin.[5]
- 1176 (Angen 2, 3rd month): Takakura visited former-Emperor Go-Shirakawa on his 50th birthday.[6]
- 23 August 1176 (Angen 2, 17th day of the 7th month): Former-Emperor Rokujō died at the age of 13;[7] and also in this same month, Takakura's mother died.[8]
- 1176 (Angen 2, 7th month): Fujiwara no Morotaka of Kaga had a dispute with the priests of Mount Hiei; and Fujiwara no Morotsune, set fire to some of the temple buildings. The priests complained to the emperor, but the father of these two brothers was a friend of Go-Shirakawa. The actions of the sons of Fujiwara no Teki were officially ignored.[9]
- 27 May 1177 (Angen 3, 28th day, 4th month): A fire destroyed the building of the Daigaku-ryō.[10]
References [change]
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Jō-an" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 427.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Jishō" at p. 425.
- ↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 195-200; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 330-333; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 212-214.
- ↑ Titsingh, p. 197; Brown, pp. 331-332.
- ↑ Titsingh, p. 197; Brown, p. 332.
- ↑ Titsingh, p. 197.
- ↑ Titsingh, p. 197; Brown, p. 329; Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), 六条天皇 (79); retrieved 2012-5-23.
- ↑ Titsingh, p. 197; Brown, p. 331.
- ↑ Titsingh, pp. 197-198.
- ↑ Minakata Kumagusu and F. Victor Dickens. (1905). "A Japanese Thoreau of the Twelfth Century," Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, p. 238.
Other websites [change]
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Angen | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Gregorian | 1175 | 1176 | 1177 |
| Preceded by: Jōan |
Era or nengō: Angen |
Succeeded by: Jishō |
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