Kaō (era)

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Kaō (嘉応?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Nin'an and before Jōan. This period spanned the years from April 1169 through April 1171.[1] The reigning emperor was Takakura-tennō (高倉天皇?).[2]

Change of era

  • January 30, 1169 Kaō gannen (嘉応元年?): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Nin'an 4, on the 8th day of the 4th month of 1169.[3]

Events of the Kaō era

  • 1169 (Kaō 1, 3rd month): The former-Emperor Go-Shirakawa made a pilgrimage to Mont Koya.[4]
  • 1169 (Kaō 1, 6th month): Go-Shirakawa accepted tonsure as a Buddhist priest; and he took the title Hōō.[4]
  • 1169 (Kaō 1, 12th month): The chūnagon Fujiwara no Nurisika was banished to Bingo province as a consequence of complaints of Buddhist priests from Mt. Hiei; but shortly thereafter, he was recalled to Heian-kyō because of past services to Emperor Go-Shirakawa.[4]

References

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kaō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 480, p. 480, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 195-196; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 330-333; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 212-214.
  3. Brown, p. 332.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Titsingh, p. 196.

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Preceded by Era or nengō
Kaō

1169–1171
Succeeded by
Jōan