Chōtoku

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Chōtoku (長徳) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Eiso and before Chōhō. This period spanned the years from February 995 through January 999.[1] The reigning emperor was Ichijō-tennō (一条天皇).[2]

Change of era

  • 995 Chōtoku gannen (長徳元年): 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 Shōryaku 6, on 22 February 995.[3]

Events of the Chōtoku era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Chōtoku" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 124, p. 124, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 150-153; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 302-307; Varely, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 192-195.
  3. Brown, p. 305.
  4. Titsingh, p. 152.
  5. Titsingh, p. 153.

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Preceded by
Shōryaku
Era or nengō
Chōtoku

995–999
Succeeded by
Chōhō
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