Editing Ken'ei

{{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>

==Change of era==
* '''1206''' {{nihongo|''Ken'ei gannen''|建永元年}}: 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 ''Genkyū'' 3, on the 27th day of the 4th month of 1206.<ref>Brown, p. 340.</ref>

==Events of the ''Ken'ei'' era==
* '''1206''' (''Ken'ei 1, 2nd month''): [[Shōgun]] [[Minamoto no Sanetomo]]'s standing at court was raised to the 2nd rank of the 4th class.<ref>Titsingh, p. 227.</ref>
* '''1206''' (''Ken'ei 1, 7th day of the 3rd month''): The emperor planned to pay a visit to the ''sesshō'' [[Kujō Yoshitsune]], but in the night before this visit, an unknown assassin was introduced secretly into Yoshitune's house, and he was stabbed by a spear pushed up from below the floor. No one was able to discover the perpetrator. Yoshitsune was then aged 38 years. The ''sadaijin'' [[Konoe Iezane]] succeeded Yoshitsune as ''sesshō;'' and the ''dainagon'' Fujiwara no Tadatsune became ''sadaijin.''<ref>Titsingh, pp. 228-229; Brown, pp. 339-341.</ref>
* '''1206''' (''Ken'ei 1, 12th month''):  [[Konoe Iezane]] ceases to function as  ''[[sesshō]]'' (regent); and instead, he becomes ''[[kampaku]]'' (chancellor).<ref>Titsingh, p. 229.</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida. (1979). ''The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō', an interpretative history of Japan written in 1219.''  Berkeley: [[University of California Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-520-03460-0}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5145872  OCLC 5145872]
* Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida, eds. (1975). ''[[The Tale of the Heike]].'' Tokyo: [[University of Tokyo Press]]. {{ISBN|9784130870245}}; {{ISBN|9784130870238}}; {{ISBN|9780860081883}}; {{ISBN|9780860081890}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/193064639  OCLC 193064639]
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC  ''Japan encyclopedia.''] Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition  OCLC 58053128]
* [[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac.]] (1834). ''[[Nihon Odai Ichiran]]''; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon.'']  Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]
* [[H. Paul Varley|Varley, H. Paul]]. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa.'' New York: [[Columbia University Press]]. {{ISBN|9780231049405}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6042764  OCLC 6042764]

==External links==
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]

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| after =[[Jōgen (Kamakura period)|Jōgen]]
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