page_title: Kenryaku
section_title: Events of the Kenryaku era
hierarchical_section_title: Kenryaku / Events of the Kenryaku era
context_page_description: Kenryaku was a Japanese era name after Jōgen and before Kempo. This period started in March 1211 and ended in December 1213. The reigning emperor was Juntoku-tennō.
context_section_description: 1211 (Kenryaku 1, 1st month): The Buddhist priest Hōnen returned from a period of exile.  He was the founder of the Sennyuji (泉涌寺,, senyō-ji) temple-complex.
  1211 (Kenryaku 1, 1st month): Shogun Sanetomo's position at court was raised to the 1st rank of the 3rd class.
  2 January 1211 (Kenryaku 1, 16th day of the 1st month): The former-Senior High Priest Jien (1155–1225) was appointed Tendai Abbot.
  1212 (Kenryaku 1): Hōnen died at age 80.
caption: Sennyū-ji established in the 1st year of Kenryaku
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