Editing Ken'ei (section)

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1206–1207 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Ken'ei'''|建永}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Genkyū]]'' and before ''[[Jōgen (Kamakura period)|Jōgen]].''  This period spanned the years from April 1206 through October 1207.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Ken'ei''" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA508  ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 508]; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'' [http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 |date=2012-05-24 }}.</ref> The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|[[Emperor Tsuchimikado|Tsuchimikado]]''-tennō''|土御門天皇|}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du japon'', pp. 221-229; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', p. 340; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', pp. 220-221.</ref>