Hōan

Hōan (保安) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Gen'ei and before Tenji. This period spanned the years from April 1120 through April 1124.[1] The reigning emperors were Toba-tennō (鳥羽天皇) and Sutoku-tennō (崇徳天皇).[2]

Change of era

Events of the Hōan era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hō-an" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 338, p. 338, 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. 178-182; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 321-322; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 203-204.
  3. Brown, p. 321.
  4. Titsingh, p. 181.
  5. Brown, pp. 320-321; Titsingh, p.181.
  6. Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Murakami.
  7. Titsingh, p. 182; Varley, p. 44.

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Preceded by
Gen'ei
Era or nengō
Hōan

11201124
Succeeded by
Tenji
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