Jōji

was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) of the Northern Court during the Nanboku-chō period after Kōan and before Ōan. This period started in September 1362 and ended in February 1368.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "'Jōji','" Japan Encyclopedia, p. 430.  The pretender in Kyoto was .Nussbaum, "Go-Kōgon Tennō," p. 255; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 302-308.  Go-Kōgon's Southern Court rival in  Yoshino during this time was .Nussbaum, "Go-Murakami Tennō," p. 257.

Events of the Jōji era 
 1365 (Jōji 4): Prince Kaneyoshi gained control of Kyūshū.Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron, p.329.
 1367 (Jōji 6): Ashikaga Motouji died; and Yoshiakira gave his position to his son.Titsingh, p. 307.
 1368 (Jōji 7): Ashikaga Yoshimitsu became the third shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate.Titsingh, p. 308.

Southern Court  nengō
 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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