Kenji (era)

Change of era

• 1275 Kenji gannen: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Bun'ei 12.

  Events of the ''Kenji'' era

• 1275 : The Mongols sent an ambassador to Kamakura along with the delegation which accompanied the envoy from the Goryeo. The unwelcome visitor was put to death; and his severed head was publicly displayed.
• November 23, 1275 : Hirohito-shinnō was named Crown Prince and heir to his first cousin, the Daikakuji-tō Emperor Go-Uda. This was the result of political maneuvering by Hirohito's father, the Jimyōin-tō Emperor Go-Fukakusa.
• 1277 : Yoshimasa laid down his office.