Kōnin (era)

Kōnin (弘仁) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Daidō and before Tenchō. This period spanned the years from September 810 through January 824.[1] The reigning emperors were Saga-tennō (嵯峨天皇) and Junna-tennō (淳和天皇).[2]

Change of era

Events of the Kōnin era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kōnin" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 557, p. 557, 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. 97-102; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 280-282; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 151-163.
  3. Brown, p. 281.
  4. Titsingh, p. 102-103; Brown, pp. 282; 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 Emperor Go-Murakami.

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Preceded by
Daidō
Era or nengō
Kōnin

810–824
Succeeded by
Tenchō
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