Kan'ei - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kan'ei (寛永) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Genna and before Shōhō. This period started in February 1624 and ended in December 1643.[1] During this time, the emperors and empress were Go-Mizunoo-tennō (後水尾天皇),[2] and Meishō-tennō (明正天皇).[3]
The nengō Kan'ei means "Permanent Liberality".[4]
Events of the Kan'ei era
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- 1625 (Kan'ei 2): Founding of Kan'ei-ji, which is a Buddhist temple in Ueno.[1]
- 4 November 1626 (Kan'ei 3, 16th day of the 9th month): Emperor Go-Mizunoo visited to Nijō Castle.[5]
- 22 December 1629 ( Kan'ei 6, 8th day of the 11th month): Go-Mizunoo abdicated; and his daughter received the succession (senso). Soon after, Empress Meishō's role as monarch was confirmed in ceremonies (sokui).[6]
- 14 March 1632 (Kan'ei 9, 24th day of the 1st month): Former Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada died.[6]
- 28 February 1633 (Kan'ei 10, 20th day of the 1st month): There was an earthquake in Sagami Province.[6]
- 1634 (Kan'ei 11, 7th month): Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu visited the new empress in her court; and he visited ex-emperor Go-Mizunoo.[6]
- 1635 (Kan'ei 12): Ambassador from the King of Korea was received in Heian-kyō.[6]
- 1636 (Kan'ei 13): Coins were minted which stayed in use until 1853.[7]
- 1637 (Kan'ei 14): Christian rebellion at Shimabara Castle.[6]
- 1638 (Kan'ei 15): Christian religion was made illegal in Japan.[6]
- 1643 (Kan'ei 20): An ambassador from the king of Korea was received in Heian-kyō.[8]
- 10 November 1643 (Kan'ei 20, 29th day of the 9th month): In the 15th year of Empress Meishō's reign (明正天皇15年), the empress abdicated; and her brother became Emperor Go-Komyō in ceremonies of senso and sokui.[8]
Hayashi Razan and his son wrote Kan'ei shoka kezuden in 1641-1643. The shogun ordered the writing of this history of the great clans of Japan.[7]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 468. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 256–257. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 625. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Munro, Neil Gordon (1904). Coins of Japan. Box of curios printing and publishing Company. p. 111.
- ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: the Old Capital of Japan, 794–1869, p. 317.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 411.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 469. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 412.
Other websites
[change | change source]- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
- Bank of Japan (BOJ): Kan'ei Tsuho Archived 2008-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, Bunsen (copper coin = one mon)
Kan'ei | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
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1624 | 1625 | 1626 | 1627 | 1628 | 1629 | 1630 | 1631 | 1632 | 1633 | 1634 | 1635 | 1636 | 1637 | 1638 | 1639 | 1640 | 1641 | 1642 | 1643 |
Kan'ei | 21st |
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1644 |
Preceded by: Genna | Era or nengō: Kan'ei | Succeeded by: Shōhō |