page_title: Shōtoku (era)
section_title: Events of the Shōtoku Era
hierarchical_section_title: Shōtoku (era) / Events of the Shōtoku Era
caption_attribution_description: English: Nozawa Bonchō (1640 — 1714). (野沢 凡兆) Japanese haikai poet. He was born in Kanazawa, and spent most of his life in Kyoto working as a doctor. Bonchō was one of Matsuo Bashō's leading disciples and, together with Mukai Kyorai, he edited the Bashō school's Monkey's Raincoat (Sarumino) anthology of 1689.[1] He participated in numerous renku with Bashō and other members of his Shōmon school.
context_page_description: Shōtoku was a Japanese era name after Hōei and before Kyōhō. This period started in April 1711 and ended in June 1716. During this time, the emperor was Nakamikado-tennō.
  The nengō Shōtoku means "Correct Virtue".
context_section_description: 1711 (Shōtoku 1): An ambassador from Korea was received at Court.
  12 November 1712 (Shōtoku 2, 14th day of the 10th month): Shogun Tokugawa Ienobu died.
  1713 (Shōtoku 3): Tokugawa Ietsugu became the 7th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.
  1714 (Shōtoku 4): The shogunate introduced new gold and silver coins into circulation.
  1714 (Shōtoku 4): The poet Nozawa Bonchō died.
  20 April 1715 (Shōtoku 5, 17th day of the 3rd month): The 100th anniversary of the death of Tokugawa Ieyasu was celebrated.
caption: The poet Bonchō died in the 4th year of Shōtoku
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