Editing Module:Shōgen

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1259–1260 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Shōgen'''|正元|}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Shōka]]'' and before ''[[Bun'ō]].''  This period spanned the years from March 1259 through April 1260.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Shōgen''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 878|page=878}}; 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 emperors were {{nihongo|[[Emperor Go-Fukakusa|Go-Fukakusa]]''-tennō''|後深草天皇}} and {{nihongo|[[Emperor Kameyama|Kameyama]]''-tennō''|亀山天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 248-255; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' p. 231-232.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''1259''' {{nihongo|''Shōgen gannen''|正元元年}}: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The years of the Shōgen era were part of a period marked by famine and [[epidemic]]s; and the era name was changed in quick succession in the hope that this might bring the period to a close.<ref>[http://www.nsglobalnet.jp/page/d_and_p/chapter_3.htm The Doctrines and Practice of Nichiren Shoshu<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116110007/http://www.nsglobalnet.jp/page/d_and_p/chapter_3.htm |date=2008-01-16 }}</ref>  The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Shōka'' 3.

==Events==
* '''1259''' (''Shōgen 1, 11th month''): In the 14th year of Go-Fukakusa''-tennō''{{'}}s reign (後深草天皇14年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (''senso'') was received by his younger brother. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Kameyama is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'').<ref>Titsingh, p. 265; Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of ''senso'' is unrecognized prior to [[Emperor Tenji]]; and all sovereigns except [[Empress Jitō|Jitō]], [[Emperor Yōzei|Yōzei]], [[Emperor Go-Toba|Go-Toba]], and [[Emperor Fushimi|Fushimi]] have ''senso'' and ''sokui'' in the same year until the reign of [[Emperor Go-Murakami]].</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* 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|978-0-231-04940-5}}; [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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| years = 1259–1260
| after =[[Bun'ō]]
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