Editing Module:Kōchō

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1261–1264 CE)}}
{{Infobox historical era
| name      = Kōchō{{pb}}{{nobold|{{lang|ja|弘長}}}}
| location  = [[Japan]]
| start     =February 1261
| end       = February 1264
|image      =  Tono_Kizugawa_Kyoto_pref_Japan25s3.jpg 
| alt       = 
|caption    =  Sculpture in [[Kizugawa, Kyoto]] dated to 1262.
| before    =  [[Bun'ō]]
| after= [[Bun'ei]]
| monarch   = [[Emperor Kameyama]] 
}}{{History of Japan |image=Shoso-in.jpg |caption=[[Shōsōin]]}}

{{nihongo|''' Kōchō'''|弘長|}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Bun'ō]]'' and before ''[[Bun'ei]].''  This period spanned the years from February 1261 to February 1264.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Kōchō''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 539|page=539}}; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'' [http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 |date=2012-05-24 }}.</ref> The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|[[Emperor Kameyama|Kameyama]]''-tennō''|亀山天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 255-261; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' p. 232-233.</ref>

==Change of era==
* {{nihongo|''''' Kōchō gannen'''''|弘長元年}}; 1261: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Bun'ō'' 2. The era name comes from ''The Political Program of the Zhenguan Period'' and combines the characters {{linktext|弘}} ("broad") and {{linktext|長}} ("long").

==Events of the '' Kōchō'' era==
* '''June 11, 1261''' (''Kōchō 1, 12th day of the 5th month'')<!-- NengoCalc  
弘長一年五月十二日 -->: Nichiren was exiled to Itō in the [[Izu Province]].<ref name="n47">Nichren. (2004). ''Writings of Nichiren Shonin: Doctrine 3'', p. 47.</ref>
* '''March 19, 1262''' (''Kōchō 2, 28th day of the 11th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 弘長二年二月二十八日 -->: Shinran passes away at the age of 90
* '''April 1, 1263''' (''Kōchō 3, 22nd day of the 2nd month'')<!-- NengoCalc  弘長三年二月二十二日 -->: Nichiren was pardoned.<ref name="n47"/>

==Notes==
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==References==
* Nichiren. (2004). ''Writings of Nichiren Shonin: Doctrine 3.'' onolulu: [[University of Hawaii Press]]. {{ISBN|0-8248-2931-X}}
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC  ''Japan encyclopedia.''] Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition  OCLC 58053128]
* [[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac.]] (1834). ''[[Nihon Odai Ichiran]]''; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon.'']  Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]
* [[H. Paul Varley|Varley, H. Paul]]. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa.'' New York: [[Columbia University Press]]. {{ISBN|9780231049405}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6042764  OCLC 6042764]

==External links==
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]

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| title = [[Japanese era name|Era or ''nengō'']]<br>Kōchō
| years = 1261–1264
| after =[[Bun'ei]]
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