Meitoku
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Meitoku (明徳) was a Japanese era after (and overlapping with) Genchū in the south and Kōō in the north and before Shōchō, spanning from 1390 to 1394 (only from 1392 in the south). The reigning Emperors were Emperor Go-Kameyama in the south and Emperor Go-Komatsu in the north until 1392, and in all of Japan from 1392.
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[edit] Change of era
[edit] Source of name
[edit] Events of Meitoku Era
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu solidified the Bakufu's power by suppressing the power of the Daimyō and the shugo during the Toki Yasuyuki Rebellion, the Meitoku Rebellion and the Ōei Rebellion. In Meitoku 3/ Genchū 9 (1392), the Northern Dynasty confiscated the Sacred Treasures which the Southern Court had possessed. With the abdication of Emperor Go-Kameyama, the dynasties, and eras, were consolidated. Hosokawa Yoriyuki, who had reinstated the Bakufu after it lost its standing in the Kōryaku Coup, died in Meiroku 3 (1392) in the Meiroku Rebellion. His younger brother Hosokawa Yoritomo replaced him as the person in control. In Meitoku 4 (1393), Shiba Yoshimasa became the person in control.
[edit] Southern Court Equivalent
- Genchū - Genchū 9 became Meitoku 3 when the two courts were reunited
| Preceded by Kōō |
Japanese era name (north) | Succeeded by Shōchō |
| Preceded by Genchū (overlapped) |
Japanese era name (south) |
