En'ō: Difference between revisions

{{nihongo|'''En'ō'''|延応|}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号,|''nengō'',|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Ryakunin]]'' and before ''[[Ninji]].'' This period spanned the years from February 1239 to July 1240.<ref>[[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]]. (2005). [httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA180&dq= "''En'ō''"] in ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 180.</ref> The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|[[Emperor Shijō|Shijō]]''-tennō''|四条天皇}}.<ref>[[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac]]. (1834). [httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&&pg=PA242#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 242-244;] [[H. Paul Varley|Varley, H. Paul]]. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' p. 227.</ref>

* '''1239''' (''En'ō 1, 1st month''): {{nihongo|[[Kujō Yoshihira]]|九条良平|}} gave up his office as ''[[daijo daijin]]''; and he retired from court life. He became a Buddhist priest.<ref>Titsingh, [httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&&pg=PA244#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 244.]</ref>

* '''28 March 1239''' (''En'ō 1, 22nd day of the 2nd month''): Former [[Emperor Go-Toba]] died at age 60.<ref>Titsingh, [httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&&pg=PA244#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 244]; [[Imperial Household Agency]] (''Kunaichō''), [http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/ryobo/guide/082/index.html (後鳥羽天皇 (82)]; retrieved 2012-5-16.</ref>