Editing Module:Shuchō (section)

==History==
In 686, also known as {{nihongo|''Shuchō gannen''|朱鳥元年}}, the new era name referred to the red bird of the south, which was one of the Chinese directional animals.<ref>Bender, Ross. (2009). [https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/41038700?uid=3739256&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21101187570013 "The Suppression of the Tachibana Naramaro Conspiracy,"] ''Japanese Journal of Religious Studies'' 37/2:223–245; compare [http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/publications/jjrs/pdf/846.pdf  mirrored full-text] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212223250/http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/publications/jjrs/pdf/846.pdf |date=2012-02-12 }}; retrieved 2012-10-23.</ref> The nengō did not survive Emperor Tenmu's death. The era ended with the accession of Temmu's successor, Empress Jitō.

===Timeline===
{{Timelines of nengo and reigns}}
The system of Japanese era names was not the same as [[List of Emperors of Japan|Imperial reign dates]].