was a after '' Hōtoku'' and before ''

Kōshō was a after ''Kyotoku, Kyōtoku'' and before ''Chōroku.'' This period spanned the years from July 1455 through September 1457. The reigning emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834) ''Annales des empereurs du japon'', pp. 331349. Change of Era * ...

.'' 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 Yoshimasa" in ''Encyclopædia Britannica, The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 625. was the eighth ''shōgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1449 to 1473 du ...

, which is the name by which he is more commonly known in the

modern era The modern era or the modern period is considered the current historical period of human history. It was originally applied to the history of Europe and Western history for events that came after the Middle Ages, often from around the year 1500 ...

. * 1454 (''Kyōtoku 3''): Ashikaga Shigeuji 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 was the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted a letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it was the oldest university press in the world. Cambridge University Press merged with Cambridge Assessme ...

. * Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia.'' Cambridge:

Harvard University Press Harvard University Press (HUP) is an academic publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University. It is a member of the Association of University Presses. Its director since 2017 is George Andreou. The pres ...

.
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* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''

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''Annales des empereurs du Japon.''
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