Editing Module:Shōka (era)

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1257–1259 CE)}}
{{hatnote|"Shōka" was also the Japanese name  for [[Changhua City]], Taiwan, while "Shoka" is the foreshortened name of the town of [[Shokat as-Sufi]] in the Gaza Strip.}}
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{{nihongo|'''Shōka'''|正嘉|}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Kōgen]]'' and before ''[[Shōgen]].''  This period spanned the years from March 1257 to March 1259.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Shōka''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 882|page=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 Go-Fukakusa|Go-Fukakusa]]''-tennō''|後深草天皇}}.<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==
* '''1257''' {{nihongo|''Shōka gannen''|正嘉元年}}: 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 ''Kōgen'' 2.

==Events of the ''Shōka'' era==
* '''1257''' (''Shōka 1''): A major [[epidemic]].<ref>Lee, Sherman E. (1983). ''Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art,'' p. 227.</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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| title = [[Japanese era name|Era or ''nengō'']]<br>Shōka
| years = 1257–1259
| after =[[Shōgen]]
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