Editing Module:Shōtoku (era)

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1711–1716)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Shōtoku'''|正徳|extra=[[Kyujitai]]: {{lang|ja|正德}}}} was a [[Japanese era name]] after [[Hoei|Hōei]] and before [[Kyōhō]]. This period spanned the years from April 1711 through June 1716.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Shōtoku''" {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia,'' p. 888|page=888}}; 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 Nakamikado of Japan|Nakamikado]]|中御門天皇}}.<ref name="t416-417">Titsingh, Isaac. (1834) [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA416,M1  ''Annales des empereurs du japon'', pp. 416-417.]</ref>

==Change of Era==
* '''1711''' {{nihongo|''Shōtoku gannen''|正徳元年}}: The era name of ''Shōtoku'' (meaning "Righteous Virtue") was created to mark the enthronement of Emperor Nakamikado. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Hōei'' 8, on the 25th day of the 4th month.

==Events of the ''Shōtoku'' Era==
* '''1711''' (''Shōtoku 1''): An ambassador from Korea arrived at the court.<ref name="t416">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA416,M1  p. 416.]</ref>
* '''November 12, 1712''' (''Shōtoku 2, 14th day of the 10th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 正徳二年十月十四日 -->: Shōgun [[Tokugawa Ienobu]] died.<ref name="t416"/>
* '''1713''' (''Shōtoku 3''): [[Tokugawa Ietsugu|Minamoto no Ietsugu]] became the 7th shōgun of the [[Tokugawa shogunate|Edo bakufu]].<ref name="t416"/>
* '''1714''' (''Shōtoku 4''): The shogunate introduces new gold and silver coins into circulation.<ref name="t416"/>
* '''April 20, 1715''' (''Shōtoku 5, 17th day of the 3rd month'')<!--NengoCalc 正徳五年三月十七日 -->: The 100th anniversary of the death of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] (posthumously known as [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Gongen-sama]]), which was celebrated throughout the empire.<ref name="t416-417"/>

==Notes==
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==References==
* 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]
* [[Timon Screech|Screech, Timon.]] (2006). [https://books.google.com/books?id=BLzQA7cpr7wC&dq= ''Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822.''] London: [[RoutledgeCurzon]]. {{ISBN|978-0-203-09985-8}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65177072 OCLC 65177072]
* [[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac.]] (1834). ''[[Nihon Odai 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/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]

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