Kagen

was a  after Kengen and before Tokuji.  This period started in August 1303 and ended in December 1306.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kagen" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 447. During this time, the emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 275-278; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 239.

Events of the Kagen era
 1304 (Kagen 2, 16th day of the 7th month):  Former Emperor Go-Fukakusa died.Perkins, George W. (1990).  The Clear Mirror: a Chronicle of the Japanese Court during the Kamakura Period, p. 150; Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), 後深草天皇 (89); retrieved 2012-5-16.
 1305 (Kagen 3, 15th day of the 9th month):  Former Emperor Kameyama died.Perkins,  p. 151; Kunaichō, 亀山天皇 (90); retrieved 2012-5-16.
 1305 (Kagen 3): Ashikaga Takauji was born.  He would grow to become the founder and first shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate.Nussbaum, "Ashikaga Takauji" at p. 55.

Related pages 
 Kamakura period

References

Other websites
 National Diet Library,  "The Japanese Calendar"

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Preceded by:KengenEra or nengō:KagenSucceeded by:Tokuji

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