Ōhō (応保) was a
Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Eiryaku and before Chōkan. This period spanned the years from September 1161 through March 1163.[1] The reigning emperor was
Nijō-tennō (二条天皇).[2]
Change of era
January 28, 1161Ōhō gannen (長寛元年): 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 Eiryaku 2, on the 4th day of the 9th month of 1161.[3]
Events of the Ōhō era
1161 (Ōhō 1, 2nd month): The emperor visited
Kasuga Shrine and other shrines which were situated just outside the boundaries of the capital city.[4]
^Titsingh, Isaac. (1834).
Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp.191-194; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp.327-329; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 208-212.