Kennin

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

• 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.