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Kagen (嘉元?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Kengen and before Tokuji. This period spanned the years from August 1303 through December 1306.[1] The reigning emperor was Go-Nijō-tennō (後二条天皇?).[2]

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[edit] Change of era

  • 1303 Kagen gannen (嘉元元年?): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Kengen 2.

[edit] Events of the Kagen era

  • July 17-27, 1303 (Kagen 1, 13th-23rd days of the 6th month): A white comet ("broom star") was seen at azimuth in the northeast each day at dawn for 10 days.[3]
  • 1305 (Kagen 3): Former Emperor Kameyama's death.[4]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kagen" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 447 at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  2. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 275-278; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 239.
  3. ^ Pankenier, David et al. (2008). Archaeoastronomy in East Asia: Historical Observational Records of Comets and Meteor Showers from China, Japan, and Korea, p. 158. at Google Books
  4. ^ Perkins, George W. (1998). The Clear Mirror: a Chronicle of the Japanese Court During the Kamakura period (1185-1333), p. 151. at Google Books

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Kagen 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Gregorian 1303 1304 1305 1306

Preceded by:
Kengen

Era or nengō:
Kagen

Succeeded by:
Tokuji


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