Editing Module:Shōji (era)

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1199–1201 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Shōji'''''|正治}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Kenkyū]]'' and before ''[[Kennin]]''. This period spanned the years from April 1199 through February 1201.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Shōji''" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA882  ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 882]; 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 Tsuchimikado|Tsuchimikado]]''-tennō''|土御門天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du japon'', pp. 221–224; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', p. 340; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki''. p. 221.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''1199''' {{nihongo|''Shōji gannen''|正治元年}}: 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 ''Kenkyū'' 10, on the 27th day of the 4th month of 1199.<ref>Brown, p. 340.</ref>

==Events of the ''Shōji'' era==
* '''January 29, 1199''' (''Shōji 2, 12th day of the 2nd month''):<!-- NengoCalc: 正治二年一月十二日 --> [[Oyama Tomomasa]] was appointed to the [[shugo]] post of [[Harima Province]] and as governor of [[Heian-kyō]].<ref>Titsingh, p. 223; Mass, Jeffrey. (1976) ''The Kamakura Bakufu: A Study in Documents'', p. 158.</ref>
* '''1200''' (''Shōji 2, 10th month''): [[Hōjō Tokimasa]] was created daimyō of [[Ōmi Province]].<ref>Titsingh, p. 224.</ref>
* '''1201''' (''Shōji 3'', [[Japanese New Year|New Year's Day]]): Beginning of the [[Kennin Rebellion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20150622-QHTJLEYG7FKOFLMMNRMJW7AA6E/ |title=坂額御前（上）鎌倉幕府に弓を…「美女」が戦った時代があった |trans-title=Hangaku Gozen (above) A bow to the Kamakura Shogunate ... There was a time when "beautiful women" fought.  |work=[[Sankei Shimbun]] |language=Japanese |date=22 June 2015 |access-date=22 September 2021}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida. (1979). ''The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō', an interpretative history of Japan written in 1219''. Berkeley: [[University of California Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-520-03460-0}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5145872  OCLC 5145872]
* Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida, eds. (1975). ''[[The Tale of the Heike]]''. Tokyo: [[University of Tokyo Press]]. 	{{ISBN|9784130870245}}; {{ISBN|9784130870238}}; {{ISBN|9780860081883}}; {{ISBN|9780860081890}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/193064639  OCLC 193064639]
* Mass, Jeffrey. (1976) ''The Kamakura Bakufu: A Study in Documents''. Stanford: [[Stanford University Press]]. {{ISBN|9780804709071}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/246494466  OCLC 246494466]
* 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 Ōdai 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==
* [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" – historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]

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