Jian (era)

was a , also known as Chi'an,  after Kannin and before Manju.  This period started in February 1021Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kannin" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 474. and ended in July 1024.Nussbaum. "Manjū" at p. 607. The reigning emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 156-159; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 307-310; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 195-196.

Events of the Jian era
 1023 (Jian 3, 4th month): A major epidemic in Kyoto;Dykstra, Yoshiko Kurata. (2001). The Konjaku Tales: from a Medieval Japanese Collection, Vol. 2, p. 13. disease spread throughout the country.Horton, Sarah J. (2007).  Living Buddhist Statues in Early Medieval and Modern Japan, p. 143.
 1023 (Jian 3, 10th month): Fujiwara no Michinaga visited Mount Koya.Nihon Kiristokyō Kyōgikai. (2001). Japanese Religions, Vols. 26-27, pp. 34-35.
 29 December 1023 (Jian 3, 14th day of the 11th month): a lunar eclipse.Pankenier, David. (1999).  Archaeoastronomy in East Asia: Historical Observational Records of Comets and Meteor Showers from China, Japan, and Korea, p. 89.

Related pages
 Heian period

References

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

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Preceded by:KanninEra or nengō:JianSucceeded by:Manju

Category:Japanese eras