was a after ''
Kagen'' and before ''
Enkyō.'' This period spanned the years from December 1306 through October 1308. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* 1306 : The new era name was created to timestamp events or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Kagen'' 4. The era name is derived from the ''
Zuo Zhuan
The ''Zuo Zhuan'' ( zh, t=左傳, w=Tso Chuan; ), often translated as ''The Zuo Tradition'' or as ''The Commentary of Zuo'', is an ancient Chinese narrative history traditionally regarded as a commentary on the ancient Chinese chronicle the '' ...
'' (4th century BC) and combines the characters ("benevolence, virtue") and ("govern, reign").
Events of the ''Tokuji'' era
* 1308 (''Tokuji 3, 8th month''): In the 8th year of Go-Nijo''-tennō''s reign (後二条天皇8年), the emperor died at the young age of 24; and the succession (''senso'') was received by his cousin. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Hanazono is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'').
* 1308 (''Tokuji 3, 10th month''): The
nengō
The or , is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being "", meaning "origin, basis"), followed b ...
was changed to
Enkyō with the accession of Emperor Hanazono.
[Varley, p. 240.]
Notes
References
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''Japan encyclopedia.''Cambridge:
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Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''
Nihon Odai Ichiran
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''; ou
''Annales des empereurs du Japon.'' Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
OCLC 5850691*
Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa.'' New York:
Columbia University Press
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.
OCLC 6042764
External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
Japanese eras
1300s in Japan
14th-century neologisms
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