Kyōtoku

Kyōtoku (享徳) was a Japanese era name (後花園天皇) after Hōtoku and before Kosho. This period started in July 1452 and ended in July 1455.^[1] During this time, the emperor was Go-Hanazono-Tennō (後花園天皇).^[2]

Events of the Kyōtoku era

Portrait of Ashikaga Shigeuji who ordered the death of Uesugi Noritada in the 3rd year of Kyōtoku

1454 (Kyōtoku 3): Ashikaga Shigeuji caused the killing of Uesugi Noritada;^[3] and this event is known as the Kyōtoku no Ran.^[4]

Related pages

Muromachi period

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kyōtoku" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 587.
↑ Nussbaum, "Go-Hanazono Tennō," p. 252; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 3331-350.
↑ Hall, John Whitney. (1988). The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan, p. 233.
↑ Nussbaum, "Kyōtoku-no-ran" at p. 587.

Other websites

National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Kyōtoku	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
	1452	1453	1454	1455

Preceded by:
Hōtoku

Era or nengō:
Kyōtoku

Succeeded by:
Kōshō

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kyōtoku" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 587.

[2] Nussbaum, "Go-Hanazono Tennō," p. 252; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 3331-350.

[hall233-3] Hall, John Whitney. (1988). The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan, p. 233.

[4] Nussbaum, "Kyōtoku-no-ran" at p. 587.

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