Chōkyō

Chōkyō (長享, Chōkyō^?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) after Bunmei and before Entoku. This period spanned the years from 1487 through 1489. The reigning emperor was Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō (後土御門天皇).^[1]

Change of era

• Chōkyō gannen (長享元年, Chōkyō gannen^?); 1487: The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended and a new one commenced in Bunmei 19.

Events of the Chōkyō era

• Chōkyō 1 (1487): Takatskasa-no Masahira was replaced as kampaku by the former naidaijin Kiyosho-no Masatada.^[2]
  • Chōkyō 1, in the 8th month (1487): Udaijin Ōe-no mikado Nobukatsu died at age 42.^[2]
    • Chōkyō 1, in the 8th month (1487): Shogun Yoshihisa led a large army against Rokkaku Takayori (Rokkaku Tobatsu), the daimyo of southern Ōmi province.^[3]

      References

      1. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 352-364.
      2. ^ ^{a b} Titsingh, p. 360.
      3. ^ Titsingh, p. 361.

      
      

      • Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō. 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.... Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)

      External links

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

      
      

      Chokyu	1st	2nd	3rd
      Gregorian	1487	1488	1489

      Preceded by: Bunmei

      Era or nengō: Chōkyō

      Succeeded by: Entoku

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