Shōji (era)

Shōji (正治) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Kenkyū and before Kennin. This period spanned the years from April 1199 through February 1201.[1] The reigning emperor was Tsuchimikado-tennō (土御門天皇).[2]

Change of era

Events of the Shōji era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Shōji" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 882; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 221-224; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 340; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 221.
  3. Brown, p. 340.
  4. Titsingh, p. 223; Mass, Jeffrey. (1976) The Kamakura Bakufu: A Study in Documents, p. 158.
  5. Titsingh, p. 224.

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Preceded by
Kenkyū
Era or nengō
Shōji

1199–1201
Succeeded by
Kennin
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