was a after ''
Hōtoku'' and before ''
Kōshō.'' This period spanned the years from July 1452 through July 1455. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* 1452 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended and a new one commenced in ''Hōtoku'' 4.
Events of the ''Kyōtoku'' era
* 1453 (''Kyōtoku 2, 6th month''): The name of the Shōgun, "
Yoshinari", was changed to
Ashikaga Yoshimasa Ashikaga (足利) may refer to:
* Ashikaga clan (足利氏 ''Ashikaga-shi''), a Japanese samurai clan descended from the Minamoto clan; and that formed the basis of the eponymous shogunate
** Ashikaga shogunate (足利幕府 ''Ashikaga bakufu''), a ...
, which is the name by which he is more commonly known in modern times.
* 1454 (''Kyōtoku 3''):
Ashikaga Shigeuji
( – 1497) was a Muromachi period warrior and the Kamakura-fu's fifth and last ''Kantō kubō'' (''Shōgun'' Deputy). Fourth son of fourth ''Kubō'' Ashikaga Mochiuji, he succeeded his father only in 1449, a full decade after his death by '' s ...
orchestrated for the killing of
Uesugi Noritada,
[Hall, John Whitney. (1988)]
''The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan'', p. 233.
/ref> thus beginning a series of conflicts for control of the ''Kantō;'' and this event would come to be known as the '' Kyōtoku no Ran''.[Nussbaum, "''Kyōtoku-no-ran''" i]
''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 587.
/ref>
Notes
References
* Hall, John Whitney. (1988). ''The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press in the world. It is also the King's Printer.
Cambridge University Pr ...
.
* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia.'' Cambridge: Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. After the retir ...
.
OCLC 48943301
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Nihon Odai Ichiran
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
''; ou
''Annales des empereurs du Japon.''
Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
OCLC 5850691
External links
* National Diet Library
The is the national library of Japan and among the largest libraries in the world. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the in researching matters of public policy. The library is similar in purpose and scope to ...
, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
Japanese eras
1450s in Japan
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