Tokuji

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Tokuji (嘉元, Tokuji^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Kagen and before Enkyō. This period spanned the years from 1306 through 1308. The reigning emperor was Go-Nijō-tennō (後二条天皇, Go-Nijō-tennō^?).^[1]

Contents 1 Change of era 2 Events of the Tokuji era 3 References 3.1 External links

[edit] Change of era

• Tokuji gannen (徳治元年, Tokuji gannen^?); 1306: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Kagen 4.

[edit] Events of the Tokuji era

• Tokuji 3, in the 8th month (1308): In the 8th year of Go-Nijo-tennō's reign (後二条天皇8年), the emperor died at the young age of 24; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by his cousin. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Hanazono is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’).^[2]
• Tokuji 3, in the 10th month (1308): The nengō was changed to Enkyō to mark the accession of Emperor Hanazono.^[3]

[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 to digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)
• Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [ Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1359], Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley). New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-04940-4

[edit] External links

• National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Eikyō	1st	2nd	3rd
Gregorian	1306	1307	1308

Preceded by: Kagen

Era or nengō: Tokuji

Succeeded by: Enkyō

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