Genchū (元中) was a
Japanese era of the Southern Court during the
Era of Northern and Southern Courts lasting from April 1384 to October 1392.
[Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Genchū''" i]
''Japan encyclopedia,'' p. 236
n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File
Reigning Emperors were
Go-Kameyama in the south and
Go-Komatsu in the north.
Nanboku-chō overview
During the
Meiji period, an Imperial decree dated March 3, 1911, established that the legitimate reigning monarchs of this period were the direct descendants of
Emperor Go-Daigo through
Emperor Go-Murakami, whose had been established in exile in
Yoshino, near Nara.
[Thomas, Julia Adeney. (2001)]
''Reconfiguring modernity: concepts of nature in Japanese political ideology'', p. 199 n57
citing Mehl, Margaret. (1997). ''History and the State in Nineteenth-Century Japan''. pp. 140–147.
Until the end of the
Edo period, the militarily superior pretender-Emperors supported by the
Ashikaga shogunate had been mistakenly incorporated in Imperial chronologies despite the undisputed fact that the
Imperial Regalia were not in their possession.
This illegitimate had been established in
Kyoto by
Ashikaga Takauji.
Events of the Genchū Era
Northern Court Equivalents
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Shitoku
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Kakei
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Kōō
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Meitoku – Genchū became Meitoku 3 when the Courts were united
Notes
References
* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia''. Cambridge:
Harvard University Press.
OCLC 48943301*
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''
Nihon Ōdai Ichiran
, ', is a 17th-century chronicle of the serial reigns of Japanese emperors with brief notes about some of the noteworthy events or other happenings.
According to the 1871 edition of the ''American Cyclopaedia'', the 1834 French translation of ...
''; ou
''Annales des empereurs du Japon''. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
OCLC 5850691
External links
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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
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