Ken'ei

was a  after Genkyū and before Jōgen.  This period started in April 1206 and ended in October 1207.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005).  "Ken'ei" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 508.  The reigning emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 221-229; Brown, Delmer. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 340; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 220-221.

Events of the Ken'ei era
 1206 (Ken'ei 1, 2nd month): Shogun Sanetomo's standing at court was raised to the 2nd rank of the 4th class.Titsingh, p. 227.
 16 April 1206 (Ken'ei 1, 7th day of the 3rd month): The emperor planned to pay a visit to the Kujō Yoshitsune, but in the night before this visit, an unknown assassin killed  Yoshitsune.  After the killing, Konoe Iezane was made sesshō (regent) and Fujiwara no Tadatsune was made the  Minister of the Left (sadaijin).Titsingh, pp. 228-229; Brown, pp. 339-341.
 1206 (Ken'ei 1, 12th month):  Konoe Iezane stopped being sesshō; and instead, he became Chancellor (kampaku).Titsingh, p. 229.
 1207 (Ken'ei 1): Hōnen and his followers are exiledJodo Shu,  "About Honen Shonin" ; retrieved 2012-4-29.

Related pages
 Kamakura period

References

Other websites
 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Ken'ei1st2nd  1206  1207   
Preceded by:GenkyūEra or nengō:'Ken'ei
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