Editing Module:Kakitsu

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1441–1444)}}
{{History of Japan |image=Shoso-in.jpg |caption=[[Shōsōin]]}}

{{nihongo|'''Kakitsu'''|嘉吉}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号| ''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Eikyō]]'' and before ''[[Bun'an]]''.   This period spanned the years from February 1441 through February 1444.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Kaikitsu''" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA456&dq=  ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 456]; 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 Go-Hanazono of Japan|Go-Hanazono]]''-tennō''|後花園天皇|}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA331,M1  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 331]–343.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''1451''' {{nihongo|''Kakitsu gannen''|嘉吉元年,|}}: The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Eikyō'' 13.

==Events of the ''Kakitsu'' era==
* '''July 12, 1441''' (''Kakitsu 1, 24th day of the 6th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 嘉吉一年六月二十四日  -->: ''[[Shōgun]]'' [[Ashikaga Yoshinori]] is murdered at age 48 by [[Akamatsu Mitsusuke]] who was upset that Akamatsu Sadaura was made leader of the Akamatsu clan. Shortly thereafter, Yoshinori's 8-year-old son, [[Ashikaga Yoshikatsu]], was proclaimed as the new ''shōgun''.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA339,M1  p. 339]; Nussbaum, "''Kaikitsu-no-hen''" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA456&dq=  ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 456.]</ref>
*'''July 12–28, 1441''': A number of prominent nobles were also killed defending Shōgun Yoshinori directly through the fighting including [[Kyōgoku Takakazu (d. 1441)|Kyōgoku Takakazu]], the [[Shugo]] of [[Yamashiro Province]] and Ōuchi Mochiyo (1394–1441), the head of the [[Ōuchi clan]].
* '''1441''' (''Kakitsu 1, 9th month''): The murderers of Yoshinori kill themselves.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA341,M1  p. 341.]</ref>
* '''1443''' (''Kakitsu 3''): A Japanese-Korean diplomatic agreement (sometimes called the "[[Kakitsu treaty]]") regularized an initial plan for mitigating the damage caused by pirates (''[[Wokou|wakō]]''). The bilateral agreement assigned the responsibility for monitoring ships from Japan en route to Korea. The [[Sō clan]] of [[Tsushima han]] ([[Tsushima Island]]) were given the right to license ships sailing west beyond Tsushima; and this also encompassed the opportunity to profit from whatever fees the Sō might charge.<ref>Hall, John Whitney. (1997). [https://books.google.com/books?id=6RBXXJixf-sC&pg=PA244&lpg=PA244&dq= ''The Cambridge History of Japan: Early Modern Japan'', p. 244.]</ref>
* '''August 16, 1443''' (''Kakitsu 3, 21st day of the 7th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 嘉吉三年七月二十一日  -->: ''Shōgun'' Yoshikatsu died at the age of 10. He liked riding horses very much; but he was gravely injured in a fall from a horse. This was the cause of his death. He had been shōgun for only three years. His 8-year-old brother, [[Ashikaga Yoshimasa|Ashikaga Yoshinari]], was then named ''shōgun''.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA342,M1  p. 342.]</ref>
* '''October 16, 1443''' (''Kakitsu 3, 23rd day of the 9th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 嘉吉三年九月二十三日  -->: An armed group of rebels penetrated the palace defenses. A fire was started and one of the men sought to kill Go-Hanazono, but the emperor escaped. However, the intruders managed to steal the [[Three Sacred Treasures]] &ndash; the mirror, the sword and the jewel. Later, a guard found the mirror and a priest found the sword, but the location of jewel was not known until the 8th month of ''[[Bunnan]] gannen''.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA344,M1  pp. 344]-345.</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* [[John Whitney Hall|Hall, John Whitney]]. (1997). ''The Cambridge History of Japan: Early Modern Japan''. Cambridge: [[Cambridge University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-521-22355-3}}; {{OCLC|174552485}}
* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia''. Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48943301/editions?editionsView=true&referer=br OCLC 48943301]
* [[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac]]. (1834). ''[[Nihon Ōdai Ichiran]]''; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=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]

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

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