Shōhei

For the Japanese era from 931 through 938, see Jōhei.

 was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō period after Kōkoku and before Kentoku.  This period started in December 1346 and ended in July 1370.

The monarchs during this time were  and .  The Northern Court pretenders in Kyoto were ,  and .

Events of the Shōhei era 
 2 December 1348 (Shōhei 3, 11th day of the 11th month): Former-Emperor Hanazono died.
 1349 (Shōhei 4): Go-Murakami fled to A'no.Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: the Tokushi Yoron, p.329.
 1350 (Kannō 5): Yoshinori guarded Kyoto.
 1350–1352 (Shōhei 5–7): Armed conflict, variously known as the  or Kannō no Juran.
 1352 (Shōhei 7): Emperor Go-Murakami captured former-emperors Kōgon, Kōmyō and Sukō; and they were permitted to return to Kyoto in 1357 (Shōhei 12).
 1354 (Shōhei 9): Kitabatake Chikafusa dies.
 1358 (Shōhei 13): Death of Ashikaga Takauji; Ashikaga Yoshiakira was appointed as the new shogun.
 1361 (Shōhei 16): Snowfall was unusually heavy; and there was also a disastrous fire in Kyoto as well as a violent earthquake.
 1368 (Shōhei 23): Ashikaga Yoshimitsu became the third shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate.
 29 March 1368 (Shōhei 23, 11th day of the 3rd month): Go-Murakami died; and his oldest son received the succession.

Northern Court nengō
 Jōwa, 1345–1350
 Kannō, 1350–1352
 Bunna, 1352–1356
 Enbun, 1356–1361
 Kōan, 1361–1362
 Jōji, 1362–1368
 Ōan, 1368–1375

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:KōkokuEra or nengō:ShōheiSucceeded by:Kentoku

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