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Kōshō

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Kōshō (康正) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Kyōtoku and before Chōroku. This period spanned the years from July 1455 through September 1457.[1] The reigning emperor was Go-Hanazono-tennō (後花園天皇).[2]

Change of Era

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  • 1455 Kōshō gannen (康正元年): The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events.

Events of the Kōshō era

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Notes

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  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kōshō" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 564; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today.
  2. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 331-349.
  3. ^ a b Titsingh, p. 348.

References

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  • Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
  • Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
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Preceded by Era or nengō
Kōshō

1455–1457
Succeeded by