Jōwa (Muromachi period)

was a  of the Northern Court during the Nanboku-chō period after Kōei and before Kannō.  This period started in October 1345 and ended in February 1350.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Jōwa" in  Japan encyclopedia, p. 434.  The pretenders in Kyoto were  and .Nussbaum, "Kōmyō Tennō," p. 555; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834).  Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 294-299.  Their Southern Court rival in Yoshino was .Nussbaum, "Go-Murakami Tennō," p. 257.

Events of the Jōwa era 
 1346 (Jōwa 2, 2nd month): Takatsukasa Morohira was relieved of his duties as Chancellor (kampaku); and he was replaced by Nijō Yoshimoto.Titsingh, p. 297.
 1347 (Jōwa 3, 9th month): Nijō Yoshimoto was demoted; and he was given the role of Minister of the Left (sadaijin).
 2 December 1348 (Jōwa 4, 16th day of the 11th month): Former-Emperor Hanazono died.Carpenter, John T. (2006),  The Fujii Eikan Bunko Collection, imperial calligraphy of premodern Japan : scribal conventions for poems and letters from the palace, p. 74; Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), 花園天皇 (95); retrieved 2012-10-1.
 1349 (Jōwa 5): Go-Murakami fled to A'no.Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: the Tokushi Yoron, p.329. 
 1349 (Jōwa 5): Ashikaga Motouji was appointed Kamakura Kanrei

Southern Court nengō 
 Kōkoku, 1340–1346
 Shōhei, 1346–1370

Related pages
 Muromachi period

References

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

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Preceded by:KōeiNorthern Court nengō:JōwaSucceeded by:Kannō

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