was a after ''

Kyōtoku 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 e ...

'' and before ''

Chōroku was a after ''Kosho (era), Kōshō'' and before ''Kanshō.'' This period spanned the years from September 1457 through December 1460. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 1457 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of e ...

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349.

Change of Era

* 1455 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events.

Events of the ''Kōshō'' era

* 1456 (''Kōshō 2, 3rd month''):

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visited Iwashimizu Shrine; and all the officials of the ''

Daijō-kan The , also known as the Great Council of State, was (i) (''Daijō-kan'') the highest organ of Japan's premodern Imperial government under the Ritsuryō legal system during and after the Nara period or (ii) (''Dajō-kan'') the highest organ of Jap ...

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''-shinnō'' Sadafusa, died at age 85.

Notes

References

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

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