Kempo (era)

was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) after Kenryaku and before Jōkyū.  This period started in December 1213 and ended in April 1219.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005).  "Kempo" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 507. The reigning emperor was Juntoku-tennō (順徳天皇).Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 230-238; Brown, Delmer. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 341; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 221-223.

Events of the Kempo era
 1213 (Kempo 1, 1st day of the 1st month): There was an earthquake at Kamakura.Titsingh, p. 231.
 1213 (Kempo 1, 11th month): Fujiwara no Teika, also known as Fujiwara no Sadeie offered a collection of 8th century poems to Shogun Sanetomo.  These poems were collectively known as the Man'yōshū.Titsingh, p. 233.
 1214 (Kempo 2, 2nd month): Shogun Sanetomoand the Buddhist priest Eisai drank tea, together.
 1214 (Kempo 2, 3rd month): The emperor went to Kasuga.
 1214 (Kempo 2, 4th month): Enryaku-ji was burned; and Sanetomo paid for repairs.
 1215 (Kempo 3, 1st month): Hōjō Tokimasa died at age 78 in the mountains of Izu Province.
 1215 (Kempo 3, 6th month):  Eisai died at age 75.
 1215 (Kempo 3, 8th-9th months): There were many earthquakes in the Kamakura area.
 1217 (Kempo 5, 8th-9th months): The emperor visited the Shrines at Hirano and at Ōharano near Kyoto.Titsingh, p. 234.

Related pages 
 Kamakura period

References

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

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