Shōchō

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Shōchō (正長, Shōchō^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Ōei and before Eikyō. This period spanned the years from 1428 through 1429. Reigning emperors were Shōkō-tennō (称光天皇, Shōkō-tennō^?) and Go-Hanazono-tennō (後花園天皇, Go-Hanazono-tennō^?).^[1]

1 Change of era
2 Events of the Shōchō era
3 References
- 3.1 External links

[edit] Change of era

Shōchō gannen (正長元年, Shōchō gannen^?); 1428: The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Ōei 35.

[edit] Events of the Shōchō era

Shōchō 1, on the 18th day of the 1st month (1428): Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimochi, having taken power again after the death of his son, dies himself at the age of 43.^[2]
Shōchō 1, on the 20th day of the 7th month (1428): Emperor Shōkō died at he age of 27.^[3] Nihon Ōdai Ichiran explains: "This prince, who occupied himself with magic and the cult of demons, led a pure life, and rigorously observed abstinence and fasting."^[4]
Shōchō 1, on the 29th day of the 7th month (1428): Emperor Go-Hanazono accedes to the throne at age 10.^[5]

[edit] References

^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 331.
^ Titsingh, pp. 330-331.
^ Titsingh, p. 330.
^ Titsingh, pp. 330, 366. [1]
^ Titsingh, p. 332.

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)