Kenmu

Kenmu (建武) was a Japanese era name of the Northern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts after Shōkei and before Ryakuō. Although Kemmu is understood by the Southern Court as having begun at the same time, the era was construed to have begun after Genkō and before Engen.

This period spanned the years from January 1334 through August 1338 in the North,[1] and until only February 1336 in the Southern Court.[2] Reigning Emperors were Emperor Go-Daigo in the south and Emperor Kōmyō in the north.[3]

Nanboku-chō overview

The Imperial seats during the Nanboku-chō period were in relatively close proximity, but geographically distinct. They were conventionally identified as:

During the Meiji period, an Imperial decree dated March 3, 1911, established that the legitimate reigning monarchs of this period were the direct descendants of Emperor Go-Daigo through Emperor Go-Murakami, whose Southern Court been established in exile in Yoshino, near Nara.[4]

Until the end of the Edo period, the militarily superior pretender-Emperors supported by the Ashikaga shogunate had been mistakenly incorporated in Imperial chronologies despite the undisputed fact that the Imperial Regalia were not in their possession.[4]

This illegitimate Northern Court had been established in Kyoto by Ashikaga Takauji.[4]

Change of era

Events of the Kenmu era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kemmu" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 507; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  2. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Engen" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 178.
  3. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 286-292.
  4. 1 2 3 Thomas, Julia Adeney. (2001). Reconfiguring modernity: concepts of nature in Japanese political ideology, p. 199 n57, citing Mehl, Margaret. (1997). History and the State in Nineteenth-Century Japan. p. 140–147.
  5. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kemmu no Chūkō" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 507.
  6. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kemmu nenchū gyōji" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 507.
  7. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 325.
  8. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794–1869, p. 325.
  9. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kemmu nenkan ki" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 507.
  10. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kemmu-shikimoku" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 507.
  11. Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334–1615. Stanford University Press. p. 57. ISBN 0804705259.

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Preceded by
Shōkei
Northern Era or nengō
1334-1338
Succeeded by
Ryakuō
Preceded by
Genkō
Southern Era or nengō
1333-1336
Succeeded by
Engen
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