Shōchū (era)

was a  after Genkō and before Karyaku.  This period spanned the years from December 1324 to April 1326.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Shōchū" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 877.  The reigning Emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 281-284; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 239-241.

Events of the Shōchū era
 1324 (Shōchū 1, 1st month): Saionji Kinsighe died at age 41.  He was  nadaijin.Titsingh, p. 283.
 1324 (Shōchū 1, 3rd month): Go-Daigo visited the Iwashimizu Shrine.
 1324 (Shōchū 1, 3rd month): The emperor visited the Kamo Shrines.
 1324 (Shōchū 1, 5th month): Konoe Iehira died. He had been kampaku during the reign of Emperor Hanazono.Titsingh, p. 284.
 1325 (Shōchū 2, 6th month): The former-shogun, Prince Koreyasu, died at age 62.
 1325 (Shōchū 2, 12th month): The former-kampaku, Ichijō Uchitsune, died at age 36.
 1326 (Shōchū 3): Go-Diago's favorite, Empress Kishi had a false pregnancy.Perkins, George. (1998). The Clear Mirror: A Chronicle of the Japanese Court during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), pp. 183-184.

Related pages 
 Kamakura period

References

Other websites
 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
 Kyoto National Museum  -- "Treasures of Daikaku-ji", including portrait of Go-Uda and the former-emperor's will 


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