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Hōgen (era)

was a after Kyūju and before Heiji. This period spanned the years from April 1156 through April 1159. The reigning emperors were and .

Hōgen

In Japanese, Hōgen may refer to several words. Among them:

  • Hōgen (era) (保元, 1156–1159), an era in Japan
  • dialect — for example: "eigo no hōgen" (English dialect)

Usage examples of "hogen".

Stories of the brutalities which followed the end of the Hogen War, however, brought him down to the capital, and what he saw there caused him to admit that the teachers of religion and the enlightenment of Buddhism were powerless against politics and the madness of war.

How can we, the priesthood, let the flame die when you who have lived through the sufferings of the Hogen and Heiji wars have not forgotten to love and comfort each other?

After the Hogen War, Asatori and I shared food and shelter on the ruins of the Willow-Spring Palace.

Yomogi, have you already forgotten what it was like during the Hogen and Heiji wars?

A foundation in Liechtenstein owns Hogen and by any normal standards that should be the end of the trail.

Hogen War, had given his daughter some training in the accomplishments of a court lady.