Kenryaku

Kenryaku (建暦) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Jōgen and before Kempo. This period started in March 1211 and ended in December 1213.^[1] The reigning emperor was Juntoku-tennō (順徳天皇).^[2]

Events of the Kenryaku era

Sennyū-ji established in the 1st year of Kenryaku

• 1211 (Kenryaku 1, 1st month): The Buddhist priest Hōnen returned from a period of exile. He was the founder of the Sennyuji (泉涌寺,, senyō-ji) temple-complex.^[3]
• 1211 (Kenryaku 1, 1st month): Shogun Sanetomo's position at court was raised to the 1st rank of the 3rd class.^[3]
• 2 January 1211 (Kenryaku 1, 16th day of the 1st month): The former-Senior High Priest Jien (1155–1225) was appointed Tendai Abbot.^[4]
• 1212 (Kenryaku 1): Hōnen died at age 80.^[5]

Related pages

• Kamakura period

References

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kenryaku" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 510.
2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 230-238; Brown, Delmer. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 341; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 221-223.
3. Titsingh, p. 230.
4. Brown, p. 342.
5. Titsigh, p. 231.

Other websites

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

Kenryaku	1st	2nd	3rd
	1211	1212	1213

Preceded by: Jōgen

Era or nengō: Kenryaku

Succeeded by: Kempo