Ōchō

was a  after Enkyō and before Shōwa.  This period started in April 1311 and ended in February 1312.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005).  "Ōchō" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 733. During this time, the emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 278-279; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 239-241.

Events of the Ōchō era
Retired former-Emperor Fushimi administered the court up through the time he took the tonsure as a Buddhist monk,Varley, p. 241. which happened after this nengō ended.Titsingh, p. 279.

 1311 (Ōchō 1, 1st month): Emperor Hanazono participated in his coming of age ceremony.
 1311 (Ōchō 1, 9th month): Hōjō Morotoki died at the age of 37 years.  He was the tenth  for the shogun of the Kamakura shogunate.

After this era, the Fujiwara clan influence becomes so powerful that they are able to keep others below them in rank.Armstrong, Robert Cornell. (1914).  Light from the East: Studies in Japanese Confucianism, p. 22.

Related pages 
 Kamakura period

References

Other websites
 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar"

Ōchō1st2nd  1311  1312 
Preceded by:EnkyōEra or nengō:ŌchōSucceeded by:Shōwa

Category:Japanese eras
Category:1310s establishments in Japan
Category:1310s disestablishments in Japan