Kagen

For the Jewish surname, see Kagan. For the Norwegian island, see Kågen.

Kagen (嘉元) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Kengen and before Tokuji. This period spanned the years from August 1303 through December 1306.[1] The reigning emperor was Go-Nijō-tennō (後二条天皇).[2]

Change of era

Events of the Kagen era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kagen" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 447, p. 447, 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. 275-278; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 239.
  3. Pankenier, David et al. (2008). Archaeoastronomy in East Asia: Historical Observational Records of Comets and Meteor Showers from China, Japan, and Korea, p. 158., p. 158, at Google Books
  4. Perkins, George W. (1998). The Clear Mirror: a Chronicle of the Japanese Court During the Kamakura period (1185-1333), p. 151., p. 151., at Google Books

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Preceded by
Kengen
Era or nengō
Kagen

1303–1306
Succeeded by
Tokuji


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