Shōchū (era)

Shōchū (正中) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Genkō and before Karyaku. This period spanned the years from December 1324 to April 1326.[1] The reigning Emperor was Go-Daigo-tennō (後醍醐天皇).[2]

Change of era

Events of the Shōchū era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Shōchū" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 877, p. 877, 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. 278-281; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 239-241.
  3. 1 2 3 Titsingh, p. 283.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Titsingh, p. 284.
  5. Perkins, George. (1998). The Clear Mirror: A Chronicle of the Japanese Court during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), pp. 183-184.

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Preceded by
Genkō
Era or nengō
Shōchū

1324–1326
Succeeded by
Karyaku
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