Angen
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was a after Jōan
and before Jishō
. This period spanned the years from July 1175 through August 1177. The reigning emperor was .
Joan (era)
was a after Kaō and before Angen. This period spanned the years from April 1171 through July 1175. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:* 1171 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events...
and before Jishō
Jisho
was a after Angen and before Yōwa. This period spanned the years from August 1177 through July 1181. The reigning emperors were and .-Change of era:* 1177 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events...
. This period spanned the years from July 1175 through August 1177. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
- 1175 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Jōan 5, on the 28th day of the 7th month of 1175.
Events of the Angen era
- 1175 (Angen 1, 22nd day of the 2nd month): the naidaijin Minamoto no Masamichi died at age 58.
- 1175 (Angen 1, 11th month): Fujiwara no Moronaga was named naidaijin.
- 1176 (Angen 2, 3rd month): Emperor Takakura visited his father, former-Emperor Go-ShirakawaEmperor Go-ShirakawaEmperor Go-Shirakawa was the 77th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession...
, on the occasion of his 50th birthday. - 1176 (Angen 2, 19th day of the 7th month): The former-Emperor RokujōEmperor RokujoEmperor Rokujō was the 79th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1165 through 1168.-Genealogy:...
died at the age of 13; and also in this same month, Takakura's mother, Empress Kenshun-mon In (formerly Taira Sigeko) died. - 1176 (Angen 2, 7th month): Fujiwara no Morotaka, daimyo of KagaKaga Provincewas an old province in the area that is today the southern part of Ishikawa Prefecture. It was sometimes called .Ruled by the Maeda clan, the capital of Kaga was Kanazawa. Kaga bordered on Echizen, Etchū, Hida, and Noto Provinces...
, was in a dispute with the priests of Mt. Hiei; and his younger brother, Fujiwara no Morotsune, set fire to some of the temple buildings. The priests complained to the emperor, demanding that Morotaka be exiled and the Morotsune should be put in prison. However, because Fujiwara no Seiko, the father of these two brothers, was a great friend of Go-Shirakawa, the affair was allowed to lie dormant. - May 27, 1177 (Angen 3, 28th day, 4th month): A fire burned the university structure to ashes.
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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