Kyōtoku
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Kyōtoku (享徳?) was a Japanese era name (後花園天皇?) after Hōtoku and before Kosho. This period spanned the years from 1452 through 1455. The reigning emperor was Go-Hanazono-Tennō (後花園天皇?).[1]
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[edit] Change of era
- Kyōtoku gannen (享徳元年?); 1452: The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new once commenced in Hōtoku 4.
[edit] Events of the Kyōtoku era
- Kyōtoku 2, in the 6th month (1453): The name of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshinari was changed to Ashikaga Yoshimasa.[2]
- Kyōtoku 3 (1454): Ashikaga Shigeuji arranged for the murder of the Kantō kanrei, Uesugi Noritada, thus beginning a series of conflicts for control of the Kantō which would come to be known as the Kyōtoku no Ran.
[edit] References
- Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.... Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)
[edit] External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Kyōtoku | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |
| Gregorian | 1452 | 1453 | 1454 | 1455 |
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