Shoka
Encyclopedia
- Shōka was also the Japanese name for Changhua CityChanghua CityChanghua City is the county seat of Changhua County in Taiwan. For many centuries the site was home to a settlement of Babuza people, a coastal tribe of Taiwanese aborigines. The name of the city is derived from the aboriginal word Poasoa .Changhua is best known for its landmark statue of the Buddha...
, Taiwan and the alternate name for the Palestinian town of Shokat as-SufiShokat as-SufiShokat as-Sufi is a Palestinian town in the southern Gaza Strip, south of Rafah and adjacent to the inoperable Yasser Arafat International Airport...
was a after Kōgen
Kogen
- People :* Arnie Kogen, a TV comedy writer and producer and longtime writer for Mad Magazine* Jay Kogen, an American comedy writer and the son of Arnie Kogen* Emperor Kōgen , the eighth emperor of Japan...
and before Shōgen
Shogen
was a after Shōka and before Bun'ō. This period spanned the years from March 1259 through April 1260. The reigning emperors were and .-Change of era:* 1259 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events...
. This period spanned the years from March 1257 to March 1259. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
- 1257 : 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 Kōgen 2.
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Shōka | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Gregorian Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar, also known as the Western calendar, or Christian calendar, is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February 1582, a papal bull known by its opening words Inter... |
1257 | 1258 | 1259 |
Preceded by: Kōgen Kogen - People :* Arnie Kogen, a TV comedy writer and producer and longtime writer for Mad Magazine* Jay Kogen, an American comedy writer and the son of Arnie Kogen* Emperor Kōgen , the eighth emperor of Japan... |
Era or nengō Japanese era name The Japanese era calendar scheme is a common calendar scheme used in Japan, which identifies a year by the combination of the and the year number within the era... : Shōka |
Succeeded by: Shōgen Shogen was a after Shōka and before Bun'ō. This period spanned the years from March 1259 through April 1260. The reigning emperors were and .-Change of era:* 1259 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events... |