Showa (first)
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was a after Ōchō
and before Bunpō. This period spanned the years from March 1312 through February 1317. The reigning emperor was .
administered the court up through the time he took the tonsure as a Buddhist monk.
Ocho
was a after Enkyō and before Shōwa. This period spanned the years from April 1311 through February 1312. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:* 1311 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events...
and before Bunpō. This period spanned the years from March 1312 through February 1317. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
- 1311 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Ōchō 2.
Events of the Shōwa era
Initially, former-Emperor FushimiEmperor Fushimi
Emperor Fushimi was the 92nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession...
administered the court up through the time he took the tonsure as a Buddhist monk.
- 1313 (Shōwa 2, 10th month): Retired Emperor Fushimi shaved his head and became a Buddhist monk; and the power to administer the court of reigning Emperor Hanazono shifted to his adopted son, former-Emperor Go-FushimiEmperor Go-FushimiEmperor Go-Fushimi was the 93rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession...
. - 1314 (Shōwa 3, 11th month): Hōjō Sadaaki ended his role at Rokuhara TandaiRokuhara Tandaiwas the post of the chiefs of the Kamakura shogunate in Kyoto whose agency kept responsibility for security in Kinai and judicial affairs on western Japan, and negotiated with the imperial court. Despite keeping security, they were also a sort of secret police and widely feared.Rokuhara Tandai was...
in Kyoto; and he returned to Kamakura. - 1315 (Shōwa 4, 7th month): Hōjō HirotokiHojo Hirotokiwas the twelfth Shikken of the Kamakura Bakufu....
dies in Kamakura; and initially, Hōjō Sadaaki and Hōjō MototokiHojo Mototokiwas the thirteenth Shikken of the Kamakura Bakufu....
share power. - 1315 (Shōwa 4, 10th month): Hōjō Tokiatsu assumes the role of Rokuhara Tandai in the capital city.
- 1316 (Shōwa 5, 7th month): Hōjō Tokiatsu, who is the son of Hōjō Sadaaki, takes on the role of ShikkenShikkenThe was the regent for the shogun in the Kamakura shogunate in Japan. The post was monopolized by the Hōjō clan, and this system only existed once in Japanese history, between 1203 and 1333...
; and Hōjō Mototoki retires to a Buddhist monastery where he shaves his head.
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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Preceded by: Ōchō Ocho was a after Enkyō and before Shōwa. This period spanned the years from April 1311 through February 1312. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:* 1311 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events... |
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... : Shōwa Showa (first) was a after Ōchō and before Bunpō. This period spanned the years from March 1312 through February 1317. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:* 1311 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events... |
Succeeded by: Bunpō |