was a after ''
Ōei
was a after '' Meitoku'' and before '' Shōchō''. This period spanned the years from July 1394 through April 1428. Reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* 1394 : The new era name was created because of plague. The previous era ended and ...
'' and before ''
Eikyō
was a after '' Shōchō'' and before '' Kakitsu''. This period spanned the years from September 1429 through February 1441. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* 1429 : The era name was changed to mark the beginning of the reign of Empe ...
'', from April 1428 until September 1429. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* 1428 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Ōei'' 35.
Events of the ''Shōchō'' era
* February 3, 1428 (''Shōchō 1, 18th day of the 1st month''): Shōgun
Ashikaga Yoshimochi, having taken power again after the death of his son, dies himself at the age of 43.
* August, 1428 (''Shōchō 1, 7th month''):
Shocho Uprising begins.
* August 30, 1428 (''Shōchō 1, 20th day of the 7th month''):
Emperor Shōkō
was the 101st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'')称光天皇 (101) retrieved 2013-8-28. His reign spanned the years from 1412 through 1428.
Genealogy
His personal name ...
died at the age of 27. ''
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 ...
'' suggests a cause of death by explaining: ''"Ce prince, s'occupait de magie et du culte de démons, mena une vie pure, et observa rigoureusement l'abstinence et le jeûne."''
his prince, who occupied himself with magic and the cult of demons, led a pure life, and rigorously observed abstinence and fasting.* September 7, 1428 (''Shōchō 1, 29th day of the 7th month''):
Emperor Go-Hanazono accedes to the throne at age 10.
[Titsingh]
p. 331
332.
Notes
References
* 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 ...
.
OCLC 48943301*
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''
Nihon Odai Ichiran
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in t ...
''; 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
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