Genkyū (元久, Genkyū^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. The Japanese era calendar scheme is a common Calendar scheme used in Japan, which identifies a year by the combination of the and the year number within the era "year name") after Kennin and before Ken'ei. A year (from Old English gēr) is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the Orbit of the Earth around the Sun was a after Shōji and before Genkyū. This period spanned the years from 1201 through 1204. was a after Genkyū and before Jōgen. This period spanned the years from 1206 through 1207. This period spanned the years from 1204 through 1206. The reigning emperor was Tsuchimikado-tennō (土御門天皇, Tsuchimikado-tennō^?). ( January 3, 1196 &ndash November 6, 1231) was the 83rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession ( January 3, 1196 &ndash November 6, 1231) was the 83rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession ^[1]

Contents 1 Change of era 2 Events of the Genkyū era 3 References 3.1 External links

Change of era

• {Genkyū gannen (元久元年, Genkyū gannen^?); 1204: 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 Kennin 4, on the 20th day of the 2nd month of 1204. ^[2]

Events of the Genkyū era

• Genkyū 1, in the 10th month (1204): Minamoto no Sanetomo ordered Hōjō Masanori, Hōjō Tomomichi and Hatakeyama Shigeyasu to travel to Heian-kyo. Minamoto no Sanetomo (源 実朝 September 17, 1192 &ndash February 13, 1219, r These three were charged with escorting the daughter of dainagon Fujiwara-no Noboukiyo to Kamakura where she woould marry Sanetomo. ^[3]
• Genkyū 1, in the 12th month (1204): Two of Sanetomo's emissaries returned to Kanto with his bride-to-be; but Shigeyasu remained in Heian-kyo where he died. ^[3]
• Genkyū 2, in the 3rd month (1205): Kyoto and the provinces of the Kinai were devastated by a terrible storm; and at the time, the disaster was deemed to have been caused by the Budhist priest Eisai in consequence of his having brought the Zen school of Buddhism to the capital. The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan 's main island Honshū. Myōan Eisai (明菴栄西 ( April 20, 1141 – July 5, 1215) was a Japanese Buddhist priest credited with bringing the Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism, referred to in Chinese as Chan. Eisai was chased out of Kyoto, but in time, he was permitted to return. ^[3]

References

• Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). [ Jien, 1221], Gukanshō; "The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō,' an interpretive history of Japan written in 1219" translated from the Japanese and edited by Delmer M. Jien (慈円 ( 17 May 1155 in Kyoto &ndash 28 October 1225 in Omi (now Shiga) was a Japanese is a historical and literary work about the history of Japan Seven volumes in length it was composed by Buddhist priest Jien of the Tendai sect c Brown & Ichirō Ishida. Berkeley: University of California Press. University of California Press, also known as UC Press, is a Publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in Academic ISBN 0-520-03460-0
• Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida, eds. (1975). The Tale of the Heike. The Tale of the Heike ( Heike monogatari, 平家物語 is an epic account of the struggle between the Taira and Minamoto Clans Tokyo. University of Tokyo Press. The is a University press affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. ISBN 0-86008-128-1
• Titsingh, Isaac, ed. Isaac Titsingh ( 10 January 1745 in Amsterdam – 2 February 1812 in Paris) was a Dutch surgeon scholar merchant-trader (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. Hayashi Gahō (林鵞峰 (1618 &ndash 1688 also known as Hayashi Shunsai, was a Japanese Neo-Confucian scholar teacher and administrator in the system of is a 17th century chronicle of the serial reigns of Japanese emperors with brief notes about some of the noteworthy events or other happenings during each period 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. Julius Heinrich Klaproth (1783-1835 German Orientalist and traveller Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland....Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)
• Varley, H. The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (RAS was according to its Royal Charter of August 11, 1824 Paul , ed. (1980). [ Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1359], Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. (1293 &ndash 1354 was a Japanese court noble and writer of the 14th century who supported the Southern Court in the Nanboku-cho period serving as advisor is a Japanese historical book written by Kitabatake Chikafusa (北畠親房 a court noble in the ''Nanboku-chō'' period Paul Varley). New York: Columbia University Press. Columbia University Press is a University press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. ISBN 0231-04940-4

External links

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

Genkyū	1st	2nd	3rd
Gregorian	1204	1205	1206

Preceded by: Kennin

Era or nengō: Genkyū

Succeeded by: Ken'ei

The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today was a after Shōji and before Genkyū. This period spanned the years from 1201 through 1204. The Japanese era calendar scheme is a common Calendar scheme used in Japan, which identifies a year by the combination of the and the year number within the era was a after Genkyū and before Jōgen. This period spanned the years from 1206 through 1207.

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