Kennin
Kennin was a Japanese era name after Shōji and before Genkyū. This period spanned the years from February 1201 through February 1204. The reigning emperor was Emperor Tsuchimikado.
Change of era
- 1201 Kennin gannen; 1201: The new era name was created to mark an event of shin'yū, which is considered as the year of revolution in Sexagenary cycle. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Shōji 3, on the 13th day of the 2nd month of 1201.
Events of the ''Kennin'' era
- 1201 : The Kennin Rebellion is defeated.
- 1202 : Nitta Yoshishige, the deputy director for cuisine of Dairi in Daijō-kan, died. His court rank had been of the second rank of the fifth class.
- 1202 : Minamoto no Yoriie was raised in the court's hierarchic standing to the second rank of the second class; and he was created the 2nd shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate.
- 1202 : Naidaijin Minamoto no Michichika died at 54; and his court position was then filled by dainagon Fujiwara no Takatada.
- 1202 : On orders from Shōgun Minamoto no Yoriie, the monk Eisai founded Kennin-ji, a Zen temple and monastery in the Rinzai sect.
- 1203 : Shōgun Yoriie fell gravely ill.
- 1203 : Yoriie shaved his head and became a Buddhist priest; and the emperor named Minamoto no Sanetomo as the 3rd shōgun; and Hōjō Tokimasa became Sanetomo's shikken.