For the Jewish surname, see
Kagan. For the Norwegian island, see
Kågen.
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]
[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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 275-278; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 239.
- ^ 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
- ^ Perkins, George W. (1998). The Clear Mirror: a Chronicle of the Japanese Court During the Kamakura period (1185-1333), p. 151. at Google Books
[edit] References
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
- Pankenier, David W., Zhentao Xu and Yaotiao Jiang. (2008). Archaeoastronomy in East Asia: Historical Observational Records of Comets and Meteor Showers from China, Japan, and Korea. Amherst, New York: Cambria Press. 13-ISBN 9781604975871/10-ISBN 1604975873; OCLC 269455845
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
- Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. 10-ISBN 0231049404/13-ISBN 9780231049405; OCLC 6042764
[edit] External links
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