Editing Module:Kyōtoku

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1452–1455)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Kyōtoku''' |享徳}} was a {{Nihongo|[[Japanese era name]] |後花園天皇}}  after ''[[Hōtoku]]'' and before ''[[Kōshō]].''  This period spanned the years from July 1452 through July 1455.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Kyōtoku''" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA587  ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 587]; 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&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 331]-347.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''1452''' {{nihongo|''Kyōtoku gannen''|享徳元年}}: The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended and a new one commenced in ''Hōtoku'' 4.

==Events of the ''Kyōtoku'' era==
* '''1453''' (''Kyōtoku 2, 6th month''): The name of the Shōgun, "[[Ashikaga Yoshimasa|Yoshinari]]", was changed to [[Ashikaga Yoshimasa]], which is the name by which he is more commonly known in the [[modern era]].<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 346.]</ref>
* '''1454''' (''Kyōtoku 3''): [[Ashikaga Shigeuji]] orchestrated for the killing of [[Uesugi Noritada]],<ref name="hall233">Hall, John Whitney. (1988). [https://books.google.com/books?id=ylhnHGxT5PUC&dq=Uesugi+Noritada&pg=RA1-PA233  ''The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan'', p. 233.]</ref> thus beginning a series of conflicts for control of the ''Kantō;'' and this event would come to be known as the ''[[Kyōtoku Incident|Kyōtoku no Ran]]''.<ref>Nussbaum,  "''Kyōtoku-no-ran''" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA587  ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 587.]</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* [[John Whitney Hall|Hall, John Whitney]]. (1988). ''The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan.'' Cambridge: [[Cambridge University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-521-22354-6}}
* 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 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]

==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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